Zorn Makes Great Progress with New Offense Geared To Campbells Talents

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Coff

I don't know if we lived or died with Portis last year. His rushing yards may have been more of a reflection of the offense's capabilities rather than the backbone upon which is all rested. In other words, we need to be careful between recognizing a correlation and identifying a cause and effect. Arguably, the offense didn't fail in the second half last year because Portis couldn't get going, but rather Portis couldn't get going because the line couldn't protect the passing game and opposing defenses simply stacked the box as a result.

I'll buy that too. The larger point I'm making is if Portis rushes for 800 yards last year, we're not even 8-8.