Running game will be vastly improved

With all the talk of receivers and defense, a commonly overlooked element of next year's offense will be our much improved running attack and O-Line. Portis will have a year under his belt in Gibb's running scheme and I think the addition of Casey Rabach will have a bigger impact than a lot of folks think. Jansen's return and Samuels having another year under Buges means our tackle spot is set. Randy Thomas is a stud at RG and Dockery and Ray Brown will be ok at LG. Plus we now have depth with Molinaro and Wilson. Anyone have any reason to believe our "Dirtbags" won't be a great line this year? I'm pretty excited about them.

With all the talk of receivers and defense, a commonly overlooked element of next year's offense will be our much improved running attack and O-Line. Portis will have a year under his belt in Gibb's running scheme and I think the addition of Casey Rabach will have a bigger impact than a lot of folks think. Jansen's return and Samuels having another year under Buges means our tackle spot is set. Randy Thomas is a stud at RG and Dockery and Ray Brown will be ok at LG. Plus we now have depth with Molinaro and Wilson. Anyone have any reason to believe our "Dirtbags" won't be a great line this year? I'm pretty excited about them.


Great? they were horrible last year, Rabach is a nice signing he's nothing spectacular, Jansen will obviously help, but it's not like Portis needed a year to learn how to run, were talking a RB here not a QB, bottom line the mere mention of Brown on our line pretty much say's it all we will have a 42 year old backing up our guard's and tackles, we can be decent but I don't see greatness with that line.

Our running game will be better once we stop pretending we have John Riggins in the game. The second we start working it for Portis's fortes the sooner we start seeing big results.

That's my point. Portis had 1,315 yards last year with a patchwork line.

He also had among the lowest YPC in the NFL. What's your point?

Fact is Portis is a stud, but not for the power running game. It's not the line as much as the system.

I guess I'm just optimistic because if he can gain over 1300 yards with a sub-par line and IF the coaching staff adusts a little to CP's style this year, I like the chances for an improved running game.

If they can let him pick his holes and use his speed then our running game could be amazing.

I believe that our offense as a whole will be better this season. Hopfully Portis can stay healthy and take advantage of it, after all we are playing against his favorite division this year, AFC WEST!!!!

I guess I'm just optimistic because if he can gain over 1300 yards with a sub-par line and IF the coaching staff adusts a little to CP's style this year, I like the chances for an improved running game.


That's a big IF, I was saying that the day I heard we may trade for the guy, and yet the coaches not only didn't see it, they ran him as Daseal said like Gibbs thought he was Riggins, without doing much in the area of changing the blocking schemes to suit Portis's running style, 1300 yds? And Gibb's took 2 years off his NFL life to get there, he dropped over 1 and a half yards per carry under his career average, and couldn't get the big yard on third or fourth and 1 if his life depended on it. 1300 yards for Portis is like a QB who throws for 300 yards with 60 pass attempts for 5 yards a pop, 300 yards sounds good until you see what he had to do to get there.

still doesn't mean we won't be better this year. Last year is over.