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Now I know C.Portis is going to be great and I'm hoping he gets between 25-30 touches per game but I forsee Trung Candidate also playing a great role. Sort of the third down, catching passes out of the backfield burner that he seems to be suited best for. What thinks you fellow skins?[/list]

Californiaskin wrote:Now I know C.Portis is going to be great and I'm hoping he gets between 25-30 touches per game but I forsee Trung Candidate also playing a great role. Sort of the third down, catching passes out of the backfield burner that he seems to be suited best for. What thinks you fellow skins?[/list]

I dont know you but I like your style. He will be a major contibuter. He is finally on a team that runs first.

Rams did not run much and neither did SOS. He will be nice if we dont cut him.

I say give him the old cut-a-roo...

I think Betts and Morton are going to fill that role, Canidate is expensive

Skinsfan55 wrote:I say give him the old cut-a-roo...

I think Betts and Morton are going to fill that role, Canidate is expensive

What is he like $700,000 thats not expensive. Betts has not shown me anything and his yards for carry suck incomparison to Trung, besides we should still have Watts not Betts

i think i kind agree with skinsfan56. cutting him would frre up some cap space.
dont have anything agints trung..its just a money thing..i do like betts though and i think he will fill in just fine..

I'm sorry guys..I'm no Trung fan. My grandma can break arm tackles better than him.

i just broke 100..ive never seen trung break for much..

We also have Sultan McCullugh (sp?) back there. I think he can be a contributer. Cartright has some great carries last year too. I have nothing against Trung but I'm thinking cut him as well. Between Betts, Morton, McCullugh, and Rock, I thin we can definitely cut Trung. I was rooting for him when we signed him but we need da money.

I agree with the arm tackle cards, but when Trung was healthy we won games. He has play maker potential. He could become a late bloomer muck like Priest Holmes.

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For those that don't know....Portis is GREAT at catching out of the backfield. Portis is an every down back. That is why Gibbs wanted him.

Betts/Candidate will only see action when Portis needs a breather or in blowout situations.

Redskins1974 wrote:We also have Sultan McCullugh (sp?) back there. I think he can be a contributer. Cartright has some great carries last year too. I have nothing against Trung but I'm thinking cut him as well. Between Betts, Morton, McCullugh, and Rock, I thin we can definitely cut Trung. I was rooting for him when we signed him but we need da money.

I dont that we are that bad off to cut our second best runner behind Portis. We should get rid of some of this excess baggage not our second best as far a the numbers go.

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While it may seem Trung didn't do well - he did well enough in games that he played in. I think at one point he tried to come back from his high ankle sprain and did himself more harm than good - that is a bad injury - real painful.

I think if he shows his speed and doesn't get hurt he could be a good RB to have as a third down back

I'd rather have Morton catching out of the backfield in a dual HB lineup.

Trung and Ladell will battle for the #2 running back spot. If he makes it, we will have one of the best backups in the league. No sarcasm here, folks.

I say we keep Trung....for now. He may be a good backup in Gibbs' system.

oafusp wrote:For those that don't know....Portis is GREAT at catching out of the backfield. Portis is an every down back. That is why Gibbs wanted him.

Betts/Candidate will only see action when Portis needs a breather or in blowout situations.

Gibbs mentioned how Denver would leave Portis in on thrid downs in every press release for about a week

It'd be nice to have Trung as a backup. . .remember those couple of screen passes that he almost broke (one stopped only by a shoelace tackle)? I also remember a game in Washington when he broke a crucial 4th quarter run to bring the team down to the 10 yard line (or so). Lavar Arrington then proceeded to sack Warner, ending the Rams chance of winning on that day.

FanfromAnnapolis wrote:It'd be nice to have Trung as a backup. . .remember those couple of screen passes that he almost broke (one stopped only by a shoelace tackle)? I also remember a game in Washington when he broke a crucial 4th quarter run to bring the team down to the 10 yard line (or so). Lavar Arrington then proceeded to sack Warner, ending the Rams chance of winning on that day.

You may be thinking of Lamar Gordon. I don't remember Trung getting much action against us that game.

Ah, my bad. . .I think that you're right. That's the kind of post that I wish I could just go back and delete, only I wasn't the first one to figure that out.

Either way. . .uhh. . .Redskins win!! Yeah!!

cut canidate keep betts. betts is a more than adequate backup for clinton portis. canidate is expensive for his unproductiveness.

trung never struck me as an outstanding pass catching back, hes certainly fast but the other skills are things he doesnt seem to have, rather have portis or morton catching than him, and this one play sticks out in my mind from last year where he fumbled a toss.. i cant get that one play out of my head when thinking of trung

i was optimistic when trung came to the skins, but he never showed anything. let him and betts battle for the second back position.

FanfromAnnapolis wrote:Ah, my bad. . .I think that you're right. That's the kind of post that I wish I could just go back and delete, only I wasn't the first one to figure that out.

Either way. . .uhh. . .Redskins win!! Yeah!!

No that was Trung. Thats one of the reasons Spurrier went after him because he can dash in a single back formation

Trung always gives me the impression that if the defense blows hard enough they will knock him over, and have a good chance of injuring him. Don't get me wrong---the guy is grease lightning--but he doesn't take hits very well. He had fumble problems in St. Louis also. If Gibbs says he is ok then I say he is ok.

I think we should keep Trung. He's incredibly fast and is the perfect back-up for Portis. He isn't expensive. He is a speedy back like Portis. He is also the same size as Portis. Both are 5-11 and 205 lbs. He is perfect for insurance. If Portis has to miss any games, we won't have to alter the playbook to much sticking Trung in there considering their the same type of RB. He also averaged 4.5 yards per carry under Spurriers pass only offense that wasn't designed for RBs.