Shanahan Dodging the Heat

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Originally Posted by SouperMeister

I agree that Portis was trying to cut hard to the left and lost his footing. That said, his balance has been terrible for 2-3 years, where he often stumbles without contact, perhaps because he always has two hands on the ball and doesn't have a free arm to help with balance. In defense of Portis, his pass protection is so much more physical than any other RB that I can't accept that its a matter of him shying away from contact when he carries the ball.

portis' pass pro is second to none, he is this best i have ever seen in a skins uniform or any other uniform for that matter. and while his balance has been an issue with him getting nudged and going down, i don't know how anyone can watch the first quater of that game and tell me cp doesn't look way faster than last year, i think he is trying pretty damn hard and i have no idea why shanny kept him out and if it was because of the "fall" which i also thin was a slip that is pretty ruhtard. our drop off from cp to any of our other rb's is insane