PennSkinsFan
09-02-2009, 11:17 AM
http://dcprosportsreport.com/2009/09/smoke-signals-riggo-v-portis.html
The continuing feud between Clinton Portis and Redskins legend John Riggins [Portis has also feuded with another Redskins running back, Brian Mitchell] reached a new level this week, when Portis suggested Riggins got his yards only because he ran behind an all-time great line.
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FRPLG
09-02-2009, 11:28 AM
Repeat thread!
Not really. They're pimping original content as is the norm.
tootergray34
09-02-2009, 12:32 PM
am i right in saying that riggo sat out a season waiting for a new contract? am i right in saying that riggo has a DUI?
Anybody that thinks that if Clinton Portis in his prime, with those hogs back in the day wouldn't have broken every NFL record in the books is clearly insane. Now I love Riggo, but this needs to stop, it is childish on BOTH ENDS.
It is neither one nore the other that is right, let Clinton be Clinton Portis and not Riggo. There will never be another deisel, just like there will never be another CP. Plain and Simple. Let it go.
But as far as a better football player as a RB, it is clearly CP. That is only because the athlete has evolved over the past 30 years, and I think we can all agree with that.
luvthemskins1975
09-02-2009, 12:45 PM
Riggins was a beast and Portis would have been a 2000 yd back at least twice with the hogs. I sense a little jealousy from Riggo.
tdSKINS1
09-02-2009, 01:55 PM
I dont quite think you guys are giving Riggo the credit he deserves. Yes he had a awesome line but the guy would carry the ball 40 plus times. He did it against Miami with infamous Riggo run. Now your telling me CP would carry the ball that many times? No matter what line he had he wouldn't. Riggo was an absolute diesel and no one tried like he did. CP is an absolute better athlete then Riggins was and he does run the ball extremely well given the line that he has. But to argue who is better is stupid.
sandtrapjack
09-02-2009, 02:01 PM
Well there it is...the "off field distraction thread" maybe this thread should be merged with the "Implosion" thread.
Spence
09-02-2009, 02:24 PM
The issue isn't really who is a better running back -- John Riggins or Clinton Portis. Portis' stats are better and he should pass Riggo as the franchise rushing leader. However, Riggo took the team to 2 Super Bowls and was the MVP of one of them. Portis' hasn't come close to anything like that.
But none of that is the issue. The issue is Riggins' criticism of Portis, which I think is on the mark. Riggo had a colorful personal life, but he didn't undermine teammates or coaches. And if jealousy is the motivation for Riggo's criticism of Portis, what's the motivation for Brian Mitchell's criticism of Portis? Also jealousy? Isn't it possible to be critical of Clinton Portis without being jealous of him? Or does the entire Redskins world have to be filled with jock-worship for Portis the way Dan Snyder is?
I hope not. Portis is a terrific football player [I did rank him as the division's best running back in the Battle of the NFC East series], but he's also a loudmouth egomaniac who needs to learn to shut up and play.
Also, I doubt Riggo would trade his Super Bowl ring for all of Portis' stats.
Ruhskins
09-02-2009, 02:26 PM
Well there it is...the "off field distraction thread" maybe this thread should be merged with the "Implosion" thread.
This is as much as a distraction as the HD scoreboard is for Dallas.
BrunellMVP?
09-02-2009, 03:14 PM
This is as much as a distraction as the HD scoreboard is for Dallas.
the dallas scoreboard is just dumb. yes, its within the rules, but clearly its going to impede play...why not just raise it? whats a couple of mill when you just sank 1.? billion?