Portis/Betts vs. Barber/Jones

Post #41 » by **CBS7** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:43 pm

Last year they were 14th... and thats not because of Barber. I'm not arguing for Julius. Barber averaged 4.8 ypc last year. He's at 6.3 this year, has 5 TDs already, and 256 yards through 3 games.

I agree with most of what you said, but I'd take Willie Parker over Portis.

likwitdesi · Post #42 » by **likwitdesi** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:04 pm

_CBS7_ wrote:Last year they were 14th... and thats not because of Barber. I'm not arguing for Julius. Barber averaged 4.8 ypc last year. He's at 6.3 this year, has 5 TDs already, and 256 yards through 3 games.

I agree with most of what you said, but I'd take Willie Parker over Portis.

I gave that number because this is Portis/Betts vs. Jones/Barber, not Portis vs. Barber or Betts vs. Barber.

Why would you take Parker over Portis? He seems to have become more consistent this year so far, but last year, his rushing stats were inflated due to a couple big games. While Parker is a bit shiftier and a good breakaway threat, Portis is no slouch at that either. Yes, Portis has lost some of that breakaway ability after putting on weight, but Portis runs with more power and is a much better blocker.

I think we will see Gibbs finally start to give Portis 20+ carries a game beginning in Detroit. In the past, we used to use Portis as a workhorse 30 carry a game back and he was good at that, but he also racked up multiple injuries he played through. The plan this season was to split carries between Portis and Betts in a 60/40 ratio or so, but Betts has been kinda ineffective thus far.

thierry · Post #43 » by **thierry** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:56 am

LOL @ Barber being a stat padder. He is a monster.

NeedsMoreCheese · Post #44 » by **NeedsMoreCheese** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:17 am

Betts aspires to be a stat padder but he cant even get into the endzone from the freakin 1

likwitdesi · Post #45 » by **likwitdesi** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:16 am

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VhtObxQL3kY

NeedsMoreCheese · Post #46 » by **NeedsMoreCheese** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:34 am

Good lord hes lucky he hasnt fractured any vertebra by now. Look how many times he leads with his head. Its alright though, its not like he has much up there to lose anyways.

likwitdesi · Post #47 » by **likwitdesi** » Mon Oct 1, 2007 3:22 am

Kohl Is A Mome wrote:Good lord hes lucky he hasnt fractured any vertebra by now. Look how many times he leads with his head. Its alright though, its not like he has much up there to lose anyways.

Absolutely uncalled for. :wavefinger:

Wizards2Lottery · Post #48 » by **Wizards2Lottery** » Sat Oct 6, 2007 10:20 pm

likwitdesi wrote:http://youtube.com/watch?v=VhtObxQL3kY

Pure friggin beast. Those clips don't even have all the monster blocks hes laid down. There was a play last year against the Jags when he took out three Jag defenders by himself to help moss get the TD.

I <3 CP.