play calling???

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by dgack

I'm a big CP fan, and there's no doubt that he's as tough as they come. That said, dude looked SLOW on Sunday. Even on that first big run, I thought "man, he looks like he's really lumbering on this gain". I don't know how much of that is due to him being tight, not really in game shape, age, or what -- but I think he's probably lost a half of a step, maybe more.

The stats are impressive but the one you're forgetting is the number of touches and attempts it took CP to rack up those yards last year -- 342 carries! Only Peterson and Turner had more last season and those guys have significantly fewer miles on them than CP does. In 2007 he led all running backs in attempts. In 2005, he was 4th.

We run the *hell* out of Portis, and that does not come without a price.

Well CP has banged up ribs. Next of all our O line is average at best. Not addressing the O line during the Turner/Marty era killed Stephen Davis, who was a killer back b efore he got totally banged up. I am afraid the same thing is happening to CP. Samuels was young when we had Davis, now he is an old vet.