Shanahan: Portis will be allowed to test the market (updated: Portis officially released)

[Monkeydad]

Assuming he wants to sign with a contender like his agent said last night on 980:

New Orleans, Indy, New England, Green Bay, Baltimore, Tampa Bay could all use another RB.

New Orleans - always injured RBs
Indy - Releasing Addai, retaining only Donald Brown and Mike Hart, both injury-prone
New England - always a RRBC in need of another
Green Bay - they had no running game at the end of the year. Turned out they didn't need one, but should be addressed.
Baltimore - Parting ways with McGahee, so that leaves only Rice and McClain, who is more of a FB who can carry if needed
Tampa Bay - a lot of subpar pieces. Is LaGarrett Blount reliable? Is Cadillac Williams still alive?




Hopefully he'll return here for less money and a reduced role, but still as an important contributor.