Clinton Portis

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by Rajmahal33

There is no question that you put ur best player in the game on the field for those 4 plays...that player being Clinton Portis. Aside from having more game experience, he also draws more attention from the defense (i.e. the initial play action pass to Sellers would have been more wide open and would have had a better chance at working). In addition Portis is better at the goal-line no question and he does well after first contact.

That being said, it was just one game and if you really want to search for answers, I think our bigger problem is the play-calling throughout the entire 2nd half and our defense's inability to play pass defense. Eli is a good QB when he has time and he proved it by leading those 3 drives. Why can't Carlos Rogers play in coverage? If those Giants receivers had caught some very catchable balls we could have been blown out and it wouldn't have mattered whether we could have scored on our last possession. Another obvious problem that is going to come back to us is that our O-line is not fast enough, to pick up blitzes or to pull and do some of those more elaborate (Joe Gibbs style) run blocks. Somebody earlier said we are about a 7-9 team. I wouldn't go that far b/c we have the benefit of an easy schedule so i'd say 9-7 or so.

What schedule are you looking at? Easy?

Detroit (2-1) dangerous offense, doesn't bode well for our coverage problems
at Green Bay (3-0) probably the 2nd best in the NFC at this point
Arizona - another good corps of wide receivers, doable
at New England (3-0) don't need to say anything here
at NY Jets - probably doable
Philadelphia - intra-division, always tough
at Dallas (3-0) probably the best in the NFC at this point
at Tampa Bay (2-1) solid defensively, but doable
Buffalo - if there's a cream puff on the schedule, this would be it
Chicago - a defensive struggle, but doable
at NY Giants - payback time, but a difficult game on the road
at Minnesota - probably doable
Dallas - at least we're at home

Not an easy schedule, but nothing's really changed. Most people wouldn't have us better than 2-1 now anyway, we just lost the wrong game.