LT for Portis?

[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.