SkinzCanes wrote:Ok, so basically you are saying that jason campbell is the best quarterback in the league and that when he is in the game the other team feels the need to double cover every receiver, and that is much more important to them then stopping the runningback that is trampling their asses.
And i don't even have to refute your argument that the line "won't block for Portis" and that saunders didn't "call the right plays" Betts was able to run outside as well as inside and do both quite effectively in spite of saunders.
Did the dog eat his homework too?
Jason Campbell isn't the best qb in the NFL but he has been much more effective than Boonell in leading our offense. He has thrown the ball downfield and as a result teams aren't stacking the box they way they were earlier in the season. If you don't believe me go back and rewatch the games and look at the 8 and 9 man fronts that Portis faced.
Can you read?? I never said that the line "won't block for Portis." What I said that earlier in the season Saunders was calling different runs (mostly outside) for Portis than he did when Betts came in because Gibbs decided that we needed to go back to smash mouth Redskins football. Our oline is much more suited for the type of running game that we ran towards the end of the season than they are for a Saunders' type running attack, and as a result they started blocking better because the runs were geared toward their strenghts.
But I guess you're right, we really should trade a running back that last year set the Redskins single season rushing mark and replace him full time with a guy that fumbled twice more than he scored this season. That would make our offense unstoppable.
Okay, lets just use the "record" as a lame excuse again.
In 2005, Portis had 352 rushes for 1516 yards and 4.3 ypc, which don't get me wrong, is very good.
However, in 2006, Betts ran for 1154 on 254 carries and 4.7 ypc. If he had had 352 attempts like portis did last year, He would have around 1655 yards. Which would have been the new record.
I'm not sayin it is guaranteed that Betts would do that, but it is likely. It also isn't guaranteed that Portis is going to be the best runningback ever just because Jason Campbell is in instead of Brunell. The only real point im making is that the difference that everyone thinks there is between betts and portis is not as glaring as everyone thinks and might not exist.
Lets not forget that they were drafted only 5 spots away from each other in 02. One of them needs to go and i would argue it should be the one that complains about practice, thinks he is above the org., refers to himself in the third person, isn't patient enough to wait for blocks, won't cooperate with coaches, has dropped over a yard per carry since leaving denver, can't catch, and is often "nicked up" and feels he has to leave the game whenever that happens.
