Portis Says This Year Could Be Last With Skins.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

I think Portis is saying this so no one will view him as the threat that they have in the past. defenses let their guard down and boom Portis is running through them like the final 5 weeks of the 2005 season.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Grim21Reaper

Hell, he may already be gone next year even if he puts up 2000 combined yards.

And don't run with my statement as a negative on Portis. Portis is a S T U D and Bett's couldn't hold his jock strap.

If he gets 2000 combined yards, especially with Betts getting snaps, he WILL be back in a Skins uni. However, if he plays 6-10 games and continues these injury woes, then I don't think he will be.

Betts works VERY well in this system. He is an excellent receiver out of the backfield, and he is a great north / south runner which is what this offense needs. His issues are the fact that he fumbles too much and need to be better at blocking, but both of those can be fixed and we could very easily get better production out of him.

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Champ: 7 years, $63 million with $18 million signing bonus

Portis: 8 years, $50.6 million with $17 million signing bonus

Having the power to lock a hyperbolic Portis thread: Priceless

(but I won't)

I didn't feel like looking that up but thanks for doing so. Either way we made an idiotic move when we had a good runningback on the roster, extended a guy who had a deal in place and have still spent 3 years trying to replace the most rare commodity in the NFL (did I forget the 2nd rounder that was pissed away???).

You should also add Springs' deal, Smoot's deal, Rogers' deal, Wright's deal, Harris' deal and the bums that we grasped at.

Either way they should give him the ball 500 times this year and next (assuming he makes it to next year).

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by RMSkins

Woah! Calm down, yes I read the article. I am just saying that I wouldn't be surprised if this was Portis's last year as a Redskin, I just get the feeling he is not happy here anymore. Is that a problem?

How does that quote make you think he isn't happy here? Why is he not happy here? Because he doesnt want to get hurt in preseason? That makes no sense.

[KLHJ2]

I do not see what everyone is getting so damn worked up about. He made a simple comment that he needed to perform this year. Every athlete should feel that way every year. Some people took this thread and his comment to the extreme and ran with it. Slow down. He has been productive ever since he has been here. Even last year he was second or third in scoring behind LT before being placed on IR. Being 26 years old, he has alot of football left in him. Even if the injury bug creeps up on him again so what! Its not like the guy is exactly injury prone. If you want to talk about injury prone look no further than Shawn Springs, who hasn't been completely healthy the past 2 seasons. Did we get rid of him? NO! We brought in some help for insurrance. Like CP, Springs carries a hefty contract and big play potential. Plus he is quite a few years older. Stop trying to throw CP to the wolves just because he made a comment about his future here if he doesn't perform. The comment did not come from coaches or any other officials. It was a comment by CP which reveals what he is thinking right now. Obviously he is worried and has a chip on his shoulder. He feels that he needs to prove himself again. That's all. Stop your flippin crying.

[offiss]

I really don't want to get started on this thread.

[chrisl4064]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I don't. What has Champ won with Denver? Don't get me wrong, Champ is arguably the best CB in the game, but I like the way our secondary looks this year. I doubt we could afford Taylor, Landry and Champ back there.

how about consecutive pro bowl bids year after year, covering recievers in a tougher conference.

if portis doesnt come through for us this year i will look at him as a bust. yeah hes clever and funny and thats why we all like him, but get serious man perform out there....

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Grim21Reaper

Either way they should give him the ball 500 times this year and next (assuming he makes it to next year).

Don't worry, 500 carries is an excellent way to end a RB's career right on the spot.

Since I guess that's your goal or something.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by chrisl4064

how about consecutive pro bowl bids year after year, covering recievers in a tougher conference.

if portis doesnt come through for us this year i will look at him as a bust. yeah hes clever and funny and thats why we all like him, but get serious man perform out there....

For the life of me, I don't know how you would consider Portis a bust.

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Having the power to lock a hyperbolic Portis thread: Priceless

(but I won't)

That's 'cause you don't have the guts to...c'mon, lock it...you won't do it

[skinsWill]

Originally Posted by chrisl4064

how about consecutive pro bowl bids year after year, covering recievers in a tougher conference.

if portis doesnt come through for us this year i will look at him as a bust. yeah hes clever and funny and thats why we all like him, but get serious man perform out there....

Yeah Portis is a bust... All he did was set the frachises single season rushing record, (1315) and most 100 yard games (9) record his first season here (which was at that point in his career the LEAST amount of yard he had gained in a season) And sure we rode him into the playoffs in 05 but those 5 consecutive 100 yard games to get us there was an abberation. Yup hes a bust all right....

[44Dive]

I was pretty upset with this trade from jump street. Any back is great in Denver...I thought he was too slight for the ground and pound...and Champ Bailey and a PICK!...I was scratching my head, but keeping the faith. Now I remember why I was pissed. I was hoping they'd get LaMont Jordan who was being shopped by the Jets at that time. Big fast and mean and would have loved to been behind this line as opposed to the Raidassss.
PEACE

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by 44Dive

I was pretty upset with this trade from jump street.

Hey you and me both...I never thought FOX should have let Johnny Depp go for Grieco

Seriously though, CP is going to prove a lot, A LOT, of people wrong this year.

[44Dive]

Originally Posted by dmek25

didn't we go over this, and over this, and over this? Bailey did not want to play here. and Portis speaks the truth about him and injuries. he had better get healthy, because no one can help their team from the trainers table. and that makes them expendable

Bailey didn't want to play here? Who says? Money talks and if the money was right he'd still be a Skin today. Instead, we have lost a Hall of Fame corner back to bookend Darrell Green and are down a high draft pick whose impact we would will never know and have a mediocre running back whose only real highlite was his first carry as a Skin...an 80 yard skamper to the end zone. After that? In the mean time Phillip Rivers and Trent Green were terrified of throwing the ball anywhere near Champ. Let us face facts...Portis is jovial and fun while Champ is stuck on himself...but Champ is going to the Hall and Portis is going somewhere other than DC next season. And what is with you amature psychologists perporting to understand what makes this man tick? Fact is, he has brought up an issue...an issue on the verge of a destraction on the verge of creating a running back controversy which could divide feelings. He is motivating himself? How by sitting out practice while Betts and others are busting their humps? GET OUT! He should be gone. We paid a high price for this man...he should be flattered...and that should be enough to motivate him...that Gibbs and company thought he was worth a Hall of Famer and a pick. Hey CP...get bent.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by 44Dive

Bailey didn't want to play here? Who says? Money talks and if the money was right he'd still be a Skin today. Instead, we have lost a Hall of Fame corner back to bookend Darrell Green and are down a high draft pick whose impact we would will never know and have a mediocre running back whose only real highlite was his first carry as a Skin...an 80 yard skamper to the end zone. After that? In the mean time Phillip Rivers and Trent Green were terrified of throwing the ball anywhere near Champ. Let us face facts...Portis is jovial and fun while Champ is stuck on himself...but Champ is going to the Hall and Portis is going somewhere other than DC next season. And what is with you amature psychologists perporting to understand what makes this man tick? Fact is, he has brought up an issue...an issue on the verge of a destraction on the verge of creating a running back controversy which could divide feelings. He is motivating himself? How by sitting out practice while Betts and others are busting their humps? GET OUT! He should be gone. We paid a high price for this man...he should be flattered...and that should be enough to motivate him...that Gibbs and company thought he was worth a Hall of Famer and a pick. Hey CP...get bent.

Mediocre RB? C'mon bro, come back down to earth for a moment.

Funny that you're accusing people of being amateur psychologists, yet just before that you proceeded to give your amateur diagnosis of how CP ticks and that he's gone after this year... and that Champ would have stayed for the money. So I guess it's worth asking where did you get your PhD from?

Trust me, he wasn't coming back for the money. There are rumors that he needed to get out of town for personal reasons. Draw your own conclusions.