{"id":505,"date":"2008-10-08T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T19:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=505"},"modified":"2025-06-01T21:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T01:59:35","slug":"portis-nfc-offensive-player-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/10\/08\/portis-nfc-offensive-player-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Portis NFC Offensive Player of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portis was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week on the strength of his 29 carry, 145-yard rushing effort against the Philadelphia Eagles. He also had 2 catches for 13 yards, to lead all NFL players with 158 all-purpose yards from scrimmage.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, it is just the third time in Portis&#8217; career that he has received the weekly honor &#8211; two of them have come while he was a Redskin (Week 16 of 2007 was the other). He was AFC Offensive\u00a0Player of the Week on December 7th, 2003 while he was with the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the game, the Eagle defense was allowing a paltry 54 yards rushing per game. Portis gashed the defense for close to three times that, and all totaled, Redskin backs combined for 203 yards rushing against a defense that had only allowed 215 total in four previous games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arguably the best run of the game for Clinton was his absolute last. With under 3 minutes to play, the Redskins had the ball and a 4th and 1 when <a href=\"http:\/\/theredskinsblog.com\/2008\/10\/06\/more-offensive-players-making-playcalls-at-least-theoretically\/\" target=\"_blank\">Portis asked Zorn to call a draw for him<\/a>. Portis just tucked in behind Casey Rabach and started driving his legs, and though for a brief moment it looked like there was nothing there, CP just kept driving until he had the first down. Coach Jim Zorn said in his Monday press conference that Portis &#8216;willed it.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, I thought it was one of the best pieces of running I&#8217;ve ever seen. It wasn&#8217;t flashy, it wasn&#8217;t EASY &#8211; but with the game on the line, it sure was impressive. You can check out the run in NFL.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/videos?videoId=09000d5d80b65544\" target=\"_blank\">highlights video<\/a> from the game, at about the 4-minute mark.<\/p>\n<p>Portis is also up for the\u00a0FedEx Ground Player of the Week, you can vote for him here.<\/p>\n<p>With the 145 yards on Sunday, Portis now has 514 yards on the season &#8211; second best in the NFL, behind Atlanta Falcon Michael Turner&#8217;s 543 yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portis was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week on the strength of his 29 carry, 145-yard rushing effort against the Philadelphia Eagles. 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