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Portis rushed for 145 yards and the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter as the Redskins rolled up 204 yards on the ground against the Eagles' top-ranked rush defense. Philadelphia had allowed a total of 215 rushing yards in its first four games
PMG12569 wrote:Its actually pretty awesome to see a skat back turn into a power back I dont think I have ever seen that and to see that big run he had was purely legs and the the game winning run was the same power. GO CP!
PMG12569 wrote:Its actually pretty awesome to see a skat back turn into a power back I dont think I have ever seen that and to see that big run he had was purely legs and the the game winning run was the same power. GO CP!
Chris Luva Luva wrote:Where are all the fans who said Clinton was washed up?
Where are the fans that can't understand how a passing game opens up running lanes? Those are the same fans who don't understand how a pass rush makes it easier to cover WR's...
Shock and awe!!!! We have a consistent passing offense and CP's YPC average goes up to his Denver days. WOAH Mind = blown!
Fios wrote:I heard Zorn mention that in the post-game conference, he (Zorn) sent in the formation but CP called the play. The man has been my favorite current Redskin since he arrived here and he's never done a thing to make me regret that.
Facing a fourth and one with 2:48 remaining in the game, the Redskins went for the first down and it was Portis that was entrusted to seal the game.
"I'm telling you all it was Clinton Portis," Zorn said. "He called the play. I called the formation and how I wanted it set up, but he called the play. And as we ran the play he willed his way for the first down.
"I had a great view of his grit and the offensive line's grit on that play. And he made it. He called it and he ran it and he got it. And that was a huge, huge play in the football game."
For Portis, the call made sense -- the natural choice for an offense that had kept the Eagles guessing all game long. But his coach's decision to take his star's advice was yet another example of the faith he had shown in his team throughout the game.
"He set it up throughout the season, and we'd been throwing the ball on short yardage, so just to keep the defense on their feet," Portis said. "I said, 'Coach, I think it'd be a great play.' He [just] looked at me."
"I didn't know he was going to call it and then we got in the huddle, [quarterback] Jason [Campbell] called the play," Portis said.
"So I knew [Coach] believed in me and I had to get those two yards."
BossHog wrote:You know, after the 4th and 1 play with less than 3 minutes to go - I stated unequivocally that Portis' fourth down run was my FAVORITE CP run in a Redskin uniform.
... and that was before I even knew that CP had basically called the play himself. (Check out this video on NFL.com)
The dude just got in behind the o-line and drove his legs until he had the yardage and the Redskins had the game. Pure power football, and from a three receiver set. Since some of you only like to notice the odd occasion that Casey Rabach makes a mistake, you might want to look at whose butt Clinton got behind... Rabach and Thomas just blasted the Eagles three yards down field.
That was TEXTBOOK running.
ey, Davis blocked well too...hell the whole offense even Moss.
DC BRAVE wrote:Greetings from Southern California fellow skins!
There were flashes in that game that took me back to the good old days of Riggo, Riggs and Byner running the ball here, I suppose you would call em flashbacks.
Smithian wrote:I'd have to say Tampa Bay under Gruden, especially in 2002, but you can argue our offense right now is better.jmooney wrote:Whoever heard of a westcoast system with this kind of a smashmouth run game?
SkinsJock wrote:BH is exactly right tho - on that play, you can see Portis' legs just digging and pushing - I just love to see that desire.
GO SKINS
BossHog wrote:You know, after the 4th and 1 play with less than 3 minutes to go - I stated unequivocally that Portis' fourth down run was my FAVORITE CP run in a Redskin uniform.
... and that was before I even knew that CP had basically called the play himself. (Check out this video on NFL.com)
The dude just got in behind the o-line and drove his legs until he had the yardage and the Redskins had the game. Pure power football, and from a three receiver set. Since some of you only like to notice the odd occasion that Casey Rabach makes a mistake, you might want to look at whose butt Clinton got behind... Rabach and Thomas just blasted the Eagles three yards down field.
That was TEXTBOOK running.
redskins56 wrote:Did I miss something? When was Portis ever a skat back?
When he was rushing for 1,500 during each of his first two years in Denver? When he was grinding out 1,300-plus in Gibbs' archaic ground scheme in his first year in DC?
I don't ever remember him being a skat back.
