Defense let us down!

I honestly cant believe you think its ok for the defense too suck but not OK for Betts too have a mistake, it happens, even the great ones fumbled, the guy has racked up over 1,000 yards in half a season, Im not pushing for Betts to start over Portis and never will, but stop putting the loss on a guy that rushed for 129 yards and 2 TD, not to mention that was his fifth straight 100 yard game

I dont know if you know this or not, but the D gave up over 600 yards today, damn betts only if you could have scored five more TDs you wouldnt suck so much, and only if Randle El was psychic, he should have known it would have been heads, please just stop talking, your really making your self look worse and worse each time


Really?! By bringing up stats, I make myself look worse...for the 1000001st time, I have never said it was "okay" for the d to suck. However, they do, the quicker that's acknowledged the better the team will be. Ya know why the Colts always score so many points? Cause they don't play defense! Does anyone think the Skins shouldn't take this approach?

As for making 1 mistake...how about 6? 6 goddamn fumbles! How about addressing that. In limited action. I don't give a damn how many yards he has when he fumbles away a chance to win. I'd just as pissed if it had been Clinton. 25 yards of his total came on 1 run, what goddamn good did they do? They gave the Rams a shot at the win. Skins4Eva is right, most of you don't make any sense...

Portis will be the starter again next season anyway. So don't feel like you need to defend him. Portis' stats and contributions speak for themselves. He got hurt the first game of preseason and was never really himself in the games he did play. Portis will start next year and Betts will provide a good change of pace. Don't worry about Betts replacing Portis as starter because it isn't going to happen.

Really?! By bringing up stats, I make myself look worse...for the 1000001st time, I have never said it was "okay" for the d to suck. However, they do, the quicker that's acknowledged the better the team will be. Ya know why the Colts always score so many points? Cause they don't play defense! Does anyone think the Skins shouldn't take this approach?

As for making 1 mistake...how about 6? 6 goddamn fumbles! How about addressing that. In limited action. I don't give a damn how many yards he has when he fumbles away a chance to win. I'd just as pissed if it had been Clinton. 25 yards of his total came on 1 run, what goddamn good did they do? They gave the Rams a shot at the win. Skins4Eva is right, most of you don't make any sense...

Please stop, Ladell fumbled, it happens, the D gave up over 600 yards and 37 points, what is it that your not getting, Your making an excuse for this D, they gave the game away long before Betts fumbled, the D sucks and has cost us games all year, thats why were 5-10, your football knowledge is terrible, and if you want too talk about how the Colts have adjusted just look at that score today against the Texans!

Portis will be the starter again next season anyway. So don't feel like you need to defend him. Portis' stats and contributions speak for themselves. He got hurt the first game of preseason and was never really himself in the games he did play. Portis will start next year and Betts will provide a good change of pace. Don't worry about Betts replacing Portis as starter because it isn't going to happen.

My reason for making those comments isn't so much what's been said in this thread, but it's directed at the large community of people on this board who have contended that Portis should be traded to make way for the older, more injury prone, fumble machine that is Ladell Betts.

Portis will be the starter again next season anyway. So don't feel like you need to defend him. Portis' stats and contributions speak for themselves. He got hurt the first game of preseason and was never really himself in the games he did play. Portis will start next year and Betts will provide a good change of pace. Don't worry about Betts replacing Portis as starter because it isn't going to happen.

Atleast some one in here is reasonable, this is all im trying to say also, but he keeps putting the loss sqaurely on the shoulders of betts and its truely infuriating.

My reason for making those comments isn't so much what's been said in this thread, but it's directed at the large community of people on this board who have contended that Portis should be traded to make way for the older, more injury prone, fumble machine that is Ladell Betts.

I have never once asked for Portis to be traded, and honestly i feel the Front Office should jump on this situation they have with Betts and trade him for picks, I am a huge Portis fan and feel he is the starter until he cant run anymore!

Please stop, Ladell fumbled, it happens, the D gave up over 600 yards and 37 points, what is it that your not getting, Your making an excuse for this D, they gave the game away long before Betts fumbled, the D sucks and has cost us games all year, thats why were 5-10, your football knowledge is terrible, and if you want too talk about how the Colts have adjusted just look at that score today against the Texans!

It happens? How about the fact that he's the tied for the second most fumbles in the National Football League?! Why have you failed to address that fact? All you say is "the D gave up 37 points." They gave up 37 points to an offense who can hang 37 points on anyone any given week. Especially the worst pass defense (as far as TDs are concerned) in the NFL. My football knowledge is terrible? No, I'm distracting by my incessant slurping of Ladell Betts. A guy who is as prone to fumble as bad Quarterbacks!

I have never once asked for Portis to be traded, and honestly i feel the Front Office should jump on this situation they have with Betts and trade him for picks, I am a huge Portis fan and feel he is the starter until he cant run anymore!

Dude, I never said you did...if you read the post, I said it had nothing to do with what had been said in this thread...and, btw, sometimes there is only one "o" in the word "too."

Atleast some one in here is reasonable, this is all im trying to say also, but he keeps putting the loss sqaurely on the shoulders of betts and its truely infuriating.

Never once have I not acknowledged that the D didn't help blow that game. However, the offense got the football with a chance to win and then Ladell Betts put the Skins in a position to lose the football game. "If the d made a stop..." Ever hear of momentum. Kind of a big deal in football...especially for a home team. You kinda get it when you should have lost, but somehow came up with a gift fumble from the supposed superstar running back. That helps you win a game. Especially when there are about 2 mins left.

It happens? How about the fact that he's the tied for the second most fumbles in the National Football League?! Why have you failed to address that fact? All you say is "the D gave up 37 points." They gave up 37 points to an offense who can hang 37 points on anyone any given week. Especially the worst pass defense (as far as TDs are concerned) in the NFL. My football knowledge is terrible? No, I'm distracting by my incessant slurping of Ladell Betts. A guy who is as prone to fumble as bad Quarterbacks!

Hes a goddamn back up, hes paid like a backup, how many times has he fumbled since hes been the primary back?