LT for Portis?

[Beneil (diehard since 87)]

This is hilarious! I don't know what you guys are smokin. LT has more 'mileage' on him than CP, is older, and is consistantly dead when the playoffs come around. I mean, if CP is no spring chicken, LT probably owes Moses from a card game. I'm just sayin, asside from Portis' mouth, every issue against CP can be used against LT. By RB standards they are both old (LT is older), Both have mutiple seasons of 300+ carries (LT has more), they both are injury prone (LT is less likely to play through), both have ran,caught, and thrown TD passes, and both cost a nice chunk of change and are worth every dime IF HEALTHY. LT has superior stats in almost every category... keep in mind that he had the benifit of being in a great offense, better QB, better o-line, and better HBs to share his load. On the other side.

2 or 3 years ago, i probably wouldn't complain about this idea, but i would rather have an unproven young back we may build on, than a proven older back that probably can help us get a playoff berth, but won't play in them.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Beneil (diehard since 87)

This is hilarious! I don't know what you guys are smokin. LT has more 'mileage' on him than CP, is older, and is consistantly dead when the playoffs come around. I mean, if CP is no spring chicken, LT probably owes Moses from a card game..

That beef was squashed when Moses pulled a gun on him in the locker room thousands of years ago.

[SolidSnake84]

Originally Posted by Beneil (diehard since 87)

2 or 3 years ago, i probably wouldn't complain about this idea, but i would rather have an unproven young back we may build on, than a proven older back that probably can help us get a playoff berth, but won't play in them.

I agree with this fully, and this same logic is why CP should not be the primary back next season for us. If the team made the playoffs somehow next year, CP would likely be too hurt/banged up, to have a serious role in them....

[Beneil (diehard since 87)]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

I agree with this fully, and this same logic is why CP should not be the primary back next season for us. If the team made the playoffs somehow next year, CP would likely be too hurt/banged up, to have a serious role in them....

That's the thing, though. Every time we had portis and got to the playoffs, He was healthy and played but we lost for different reasons. Under Gibbs we went twice. The first time, we got there because Gibbs used a max protect and would launch it to santana every now and then and Brunell would hit it big from time to time, but when we played a playoff level team, that wasn't enough to solidify our passing game. The LAST time, CP was healthy, but our punk@$$ QB turned to a piece of crap, chicken, mother f... UGH!!! I mean, once the 50 year backup made ONE BAD PASS that got picked off, he turned into this loser that was scared of everything and ... and... UGH!!! WHAT A PANSY!!!! You can say what you will about Jason Campbell, but he NEVER lets one early mistake mess with his head and screw up a whole game. Todd, after one pick, was the worst QB we ever had the rest of that playoff game! I would take, Jay Schroeder, Broken neck Ferotte, or Heath Shuler over "after pick Todd" any day!

Wait... um... what were we talking about? I just blacked out for a second...

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Beneil (diehard since 87)

This is hilarious! I don't know what you guys are smokin. LT has more 'mileage' on him than CP, is older, and is consistantly dead when the playoffs come around. I mean, if CP is no spring chicken, LT probably owes Moses from a card game. I'm just sayin, asside from Portis' mouth, every issue against CP can be used against LT. By RB standards they are both old (LT is older), Both have mutiple seasons of 300+ carries (LT has more), they both are injury prone (LT is less likely to play through), both have ran,caught, and thrown TD passes, and both cost a nice chunk of change and are worth every dime IF HEALTHY. LT has superior stats in almost every category... keep in mind that he had the benifit of being in a great offense, better QB, better o-line, and better HBs to share his load. On the other side.

2 or 3 years ago, i probably wouldn't complain about this idea, but i would rather have an unproven young back we may build on, than a proven older back that probably can help us get a playoff berth, but won't play in them.

Not smoking anything at this end. LaDanian Tomlinson has always been a better RB than Clinton Portis - - and even in these sutumn days of their careers, he is still better. Neither is a feature back anymore who will carry the ball 300 times in a season; nevertheless, LT is better.

Oh, and one more thing. LT is not a pain-in-the-ass diva who causes locker room problems.

The question was whether or not you would make the even up trade of Portis for Tomlinson. If I am the Redskins, my answer is "You Betcha!!"

[Beneil (diehard since 87)]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Not smoking anything at this end. LaDanian Tomlinson has always been a better RB than Clinton Portis - - and even in these sutumn days of their careers, he is still better. Neither is a feature back anymore who will carry the ball 300 times in a season; nevertheless, LT is better.

I'm not gonna go as far as to say that CP is better than LT. But i WILL say that it is an unfair comparison. LT was in a FAR better offense. It's like saying Emmit Smith was better than Barry Sanders. Looking back at stats alone, yeah, Emmit broke records, but don't ignore his insane o-line and HOF teamates. Any of Barry's teamates in the HOF!? Heck no! If Emmit was a Lion, he woundn't have lasted more than 3 seasons. If Barry was a Cowboy, (i would've wet my pants twice a year) and he would've gotten back to back 2,500 yard seasons. If Portis was a Charger, he may not have had the exact same SEASON stats, but he definalty would have more post season stats being that LT is always warming a bench in the layoffs. LT can make a great offense even better, but Portis can give a bad offense a fighting chance.