Washington Redskins By the Numbers: #26 - Clinton Portis
by Ken Meringolo on Jul 28, 2009 12:22 PM EDT
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Well, we waited about as long as we could for the Clinton Portis interview to materialize. We simply cannot keep the numbers frozen at #25 forever.
#26 - Clinton Portis
There are some choices at #26, but for my money, Clinton Portis gets the nod. When he came here, he replaced Trung Canidate as our featured back. So not only was he coming in as a hot commodity based on the numbers he put up in Denver, he was coming in to breathe new life into a running game that had been left to wither under Spurrier's watch. Like many of you out there who play Madden, I have always enjoyed the fantasy draft feature of the game. Going back to the time when he was a Bronco, I always put him on my Redskins squad. When the news of his acquisition was made, all I could think about was all those hours of Madden I had spent watching him in a Redskins uniform. And he did not wait to impress the Redskins' faithful. He took his first carry 64 yards to the house on opening day. All I could think from my seat in the stands that day was who we would face in the Super Bowl--for the next 5 years.
Well...we never got there. But you can't pin that on #26. If he stays healthy this year, he will most likely overtake Riggo as the franchise's all-time leading rusher. He has 9,202 career yards, and 72 career rushing touchdowns. I have said it here before and I will say it again--I do think this player makes it to the Hall of Fame. If CP manages just two more average years in his career, he would be closing in on 12,000 yards and 90+ touchdowns. From a numbers perspective, he is likely (barring career-ending injury) to get into that top-10/top-15 neighborhood. If this team can put a playoff run together one of these years, he could really earn some of the votes he will need to get into the Hall.
That alone should get me into a heap of trouble with a lot of you out there. Better that though than an army of Danny Copeland fans giving me a hard time. Either way, I am looking forward to that trip to Canton.
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Ifeanyi Ohalete doesn't get a shut out?
Ohalete broke up Tom Brady’s final pass of the game which led the Steve Spurrier Skins to a victory over the Pats at Fedex (the Pats last loss before that 20+ game win streak).
by KevinE on Jul 28, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I had originally made it Ohalete but Portis bought the spot from him
Not sure what the details were, but I am sure they will work it out
by Ken Meringolo on Jul 28, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If CP doesn't get in to Canton
then Sotuheast Jerome certainly will
by pas493 on Jul 28, 2009 12:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hahahahaha
Do you think Clinton Portis will make it to the Hall of Fame?
by smutsboy1 on Jul 28, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow
I know we tend to look at the world through burgundy goggles, but it seems impossible for any one with the slightest bit of NFL knowledge to look at this team and decide that it belongs in the bottom third of the league. This shmuck puts Philly, NY, and Dallas all in the top 10?!
by Boo. on Jul 28, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even worse...
He puts 7 teams with .500 or worse records last year ahead of us.
by Ken Meringolo on Jul 28, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if Banks could
he’d relugate us to a lower division. I am really tired of all of the media foofs piling on Snyder, granted the man has made mistakes and he’s even had his antagonistic moments with members of the press (DR. Z anyone?). I get tired of every move being criticized as if the guy is nothing more than a real life fantasy football player who has a real team. Haynesowrth, thought of universally as being the premier difference maker available in free agency. Since we’ve had no pass rush since the days of Charles Mann and Jumpy Geathers, they go out and get a guy who helps others reach the passer instead of rolling through a bunch of former all pros who were on the downside of their careers. He gets raked over the coals in pursuit of another QB after everyone has fallen all over themselves decrying JC’s performance on the field. Then everyone promptly changes tune and talks about how tough this must be on the young man’s psyche.
I’m not saying that every move or attempted move is golden, but at least the guy is trying and I wish the media would simply find another scab to pick. After all in Big D they haven’t won a playoff game in 20 years, yet Jerruh gets a pass.
I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused....
by piratedan7 on Jul 28, 2009 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Accurate reporting would require actual research. I know it takes some effort to keep up on all 32 teams over the offseason, and its not like these guys have the time to talk to coaches or watch film because like all of us they have jobs… oh wait, thats right, that is their job.
by Boo. on Jul 28, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
CP HOF............... Yes
IMO he gets close to 14k yards and close to 100 td’s when his career is all said and done. Thats 2-3 average years followed by about 2 declining years. I understand that with injury, that can be thrown out the window. As mentioned above, a playoff run or two would increase his chances. The pounding this guy takes is really underestimated.
Great piece on CP.
by skinsymets on Jul 28, 2009 4:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
+26
He will definitely have the numbers. Too bad ignorant cock-blocks like Peter King have the votes.
RAK EM UP!
by VA_Skin on Jul 28, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+ Another 26
I hate that writers who never played the game get the vote. IMO CP is an old school skin. Look at the way he blocks. You have to love that. He is the man. Period.
by smith1468 on Jul 29, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
HE WILL NOT MAKE IT TO CANTON
Unless he sees at least 3 NFC championship games.
by Elaw6 on Jul 28, 2009 10:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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