Clinton Portis among players who have worn out their welcome

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

Nevermind!!! Y'all be easy. Redskins win the next 3 who wanna take that bet? SMFH:frusty:

How much are willing to put up?

[joethiesmanfan]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

How much are willing to put up?

Remember, we talking money right? None of this rise to the occasion and say my name type stuff. None of this don't ask don't tell millitary salutes. OK?

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

Nevermind!!! Y'all be easy. Redskins win the next 3 who wanna take that bet? SMFH:frusty:

I'll take that bet in a heartbeat. There's a good chance we won't win 3 more all year. We damn sure aren't winning 3 in a row.

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

Nevermind!!! Y'all be easy. Redskins win the next 3 who wanna take that bet? SMFH:frusty:

All we know is that the Skins won't loose THIS Sunday. And some would say even that is not a gaurantee.

[JLee9718]

I've never seen Portis break a tackle like Peterson does, or any other quality running back for that matter. I agree he's lost a couple of steps because he doesn't get through the line fast enough.

[joethiesmanfan]

Originally Posted by JLee9718

I've never seen Portis break a tackle like Peterson does, or any other quality running back for that matter. I agree he's lost a couple of steps because he doesn't get through the line fast enough.

What line?

[joethiesmanfan]

The name of this thread should be get real. We want a RB like Peterson, a QB like Peyton, we want wideouts like Welker. We want a coach like Lombardi. We want the WCO. No team has all that. No team is perfect. No general manager can build you a team like that. Fact is, we should have won every game we have played so far, but we had injuries on the O-line. It's gonna take will take Buges a few weeks to straighten it up. It's called fate. Get real. Why not want a TE like Gates, atleast he can get jump balls in the red zone. Plus, Cooley is a turnstile, ask Peppers.

[redsk1]

This should be the "I'm so done with..." thread. Yes, I'm so done w/ CP, JC, Vinny, and our whole coaching staff. I'm ready for sweeping changes.

[SkinFanatic]

Originally Posted by redsk1

This should be the "I'm so done with..." thread. Yes, I'm so done w/ CP, JC, Vinny, and our whole coaching staff. I'm ready for sweeping changes.

I think that could pretty much be the title of every thread on this board. There's not a whole lot positive to say about this franchise right now.

[joethiesmanfan]

I think you may have Cooley colored glasses on. That's cool. You are a Cooley fan. Nothing wrong with that. But he has his short comings and is responsible for some of the bad play on he field this year. What absolves him from responsibility. Oh I know "Cooley goggles".

[MTK]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

I think you may have Cooley colored glasses on. That's cool. You are a Cooley fan. Nothing wrong with that. But he has his short comings and is responsible for some of the bad play on he field this year. What absolves him from responsibility. Oh I know "Cooley goggles".

He's been a Pro Bowl performer pretty much since he came in the league and he's widely regarded as one of the top guys at his position. That's not called "Cooley colored glasses", that's called reality. Is he perfect? Of course not. But who is?

You on the other hand seem to have it out for him, for some odd reason I can't seem to figure out nor does it make much sense. But have fun with that.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

You on the other hand seem to have it out for him, for some odd reason I can't seem to figure out nor does it make much sense. .

penis envy

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

I think you may have Cooley colored glasses on. That's cool. You are a Cooley fan. Nothing wrong with that. But he has his short comings and is responsible for some of the bad play on he field this year. What absolves him from responsibility. Oh I know "Cooley goggles".

I really think you are pulling things out of nowhere regarding Cooley. I can probably name you five to ten other players in the team that have been more responsible for bad plays on the field this season...

Rabach
Heyer
ARE
Rogers
Portis
Moss (in the first couple of games)
Campbell

I mean you can have your criticism of Cooley (earlier in the season I criticized his ball security after he had a fumble go out of bounds) but I think your stretching the truth trying to make him out to be a team problem.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

I think you may have Cooley colored glasses on. That's cool. You are a Cooley fan. Nothing wrong with that. But he has his short comings and is responsible for some of the bad play on he field this year. What absolves him from responsibility. Oh I know "Cooley goggles".

You deep in the bottle son?

[Monkeydad]

Nice thread tearing down the best players we have...geesh.

Oct 29 RB Clinton Portis criticized the front office's lack of foresight in preparing for the season-ending injuries to aging, oft-injured linemen Chris Samuels and Randy Thomas. "We got to ... get some depth," Portis said. "We went into the season and we didn't address that issue and it came back to haunt us." Thomas, who tore his right triceps in Week 2, and Samuels, who suffered a likely career-ending neck injury in Week 5, each had two offseason surgeries and are 33 and 32, respectively. But executive vice president Vinny Cerrato gambled that they would make it through 2009 unscathed or that journeyman Jeremey Bridges and Mike Williams, out of football the past two years, would be ready to step in if the starters went down. Bridges was so shaky last summer that he was cut. Williams has been ineffective as a starter the past three games. Will Montgomery, who had made six career starts before Week 5 and was on the street last November, has taken Thomas' place while Williams has been at right tackle since Stephon Heyer shifted from that spot to replace Samuels. "The only mainstays from our opening day roster that's on that line are (center) Casey Rabach and (left guard) Derrick Dockery," Portis lamented. "Everyone else has been shuffled, moved, changed or injured. So we're playing with two guys that was originally the starters. (Just-signed tackle) Levi Jones (played a snap). We signed him five days ago. That's just the position we're in." The criticism resonates more from Portis than it would from another player since he is so close to owner Dan Snyder that he has jokingly been referred to as the team's assistant general manager.

Clinton Portis - Washington Redskins - News - NFL - Yahoo! Sports


Looks like he's a valuable part of the team, he's one of the only players actually saying exactly what we are and could actually get some changes made, mainly sending Cerrato packing.

He had 1,705 AP yards and 9 TDs last season, even with the destruction of the line in front of him...he still has it.

Just as Campbell or any QB couldn't succeed behind the lack of a line this season, neither can a RB, even one as good as Portis. Also keep in mind that this season until Lewis took over playcalling, he has being send to run a stretch play into 5 defenders who meet him in the backfield.