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Clinton Portis - good or great

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he could have stuck around for 10,ooo
but did not

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
2002 21 DEN RB 26 16 12 273 1508 15 59 5.5 94.3 17.1 33 364 11.0 2 66 2.1 22.8 1872 17 5 15
2003* 22 DEN RB 26 13 290 1591 14 65 5.5 122.4 22.3 38 314 8.3 0 72 2.9 24.2 1905 14 3 16
2004 23 WAS RB 26 15 15 343 1315 5 64 3.8 87.7 22.9 40 235 5.9 2 18 2.7 15.7 1550 7 5 8
2005 24 WAS RB 26 16 16 352 1516 11 47 4.3 94.8 22.0 30 216 7.2 0 23 1.9 13.5 1732 11 3 12
2006 25 WAS rb 26 8 7 127 523 7 38 4.1 65.4 15.9 17 170 10.0 0 74 2.1 21.3 693 7 0 5
2007 26 WAS RB 26 16 16 325 1262 11 32 3.9 78.9 20.3 47 389 8.3 0 54 2.9 24.3 1651 11 6 11
2008* 27 WAS RB 26 16 342 1487 9 31 4.3 92.9 21.4 28 218 7.8 0 29 1.8 13.6 1705 9 3 11
2009 28 WAS RB 26 8 8 124 494 1 78 4.0 61.8 15.5 9 57 6.3 1 10 1.1 7.1 551 2 1 4
2010 29 WAS rb 26 5 5 54 227 2 27 4.2 45.4 10.8 5 55 11.0 0 14 1.0 11.0 282 2 0 1

**** of a start
but, the injuries really dampened the padding of the stats
but still - what level
6 of the first 7 are sick
injury killed one
Terrell Davis is a legit conversation b/c he was insane in a 7 year career and Clinton was comparable
 
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He added weight once he got to Washington and it slowed him down.

If he had stayed at his Denver weight and stayed healthy....man.
 
when he left for denver playing in that system i thought he would be a no brainier HOF

that skin trade really did hurt more than help
 
CP ended up the second leading rusher in Skins history. What slowed Clinton down more than the weight was playing behind some of the worst offensive lines in the NFL and for some of the worst teams in the NFL.

None of you have said it, but in the DMV on talk radio they act like CP never carried the ball between the tackles before he got to Washington. He made his living between the tackles and his cut back was lethal. You don't have to be a huge oof to run between the talks. You just have to have heart, agility, and great vision. Plenty of medium to small backs have done it well. That former Cowboy running back comes to mind.
 
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How many of the people on this list would you consider great?


Adrian Peterson (27)
Andre Reed+
Barry Sanders+
Bobby Mitchell+
Corey Dillon
Cris Carter+
Curtis Martin+
Don Maynard+
Edgerrin James
Emmitt Smith+
Eric ****erson+
Franco Harris+
Herschel Walker
Hines Ward
Irving Fryar
Isaac Bruce
Jerome Bettis
Jerry Rice+
Jim Brown+
Joe Perry+
Joey Galloway
John Riggins+
LaDainian Tomlinson
Larry Fitzgerald (29)
Lenny Moore+
Leroy Kelly+
Marcus Allen+
Marshall Faulk+
Marvin Harrison
Maurice Jones-Drew (27)
Ottis Anderson
Priest Holmes
Randy Moss
Reggie Wayne (34)
Ricky Watters
Steve Largent+
Terrell Owens
Thurman Thomas+
Tim Brown
Tony Dorsett+
Tony Gonzalez (36)
Walter Payton+

This is a list of players with at least 11,000 all purpose yards, and at least 80 touchdowns, all time. clinton (granted, at the bottom in both categories) is a part of this group .
 
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Nah man, he was very good but not elite. One of a long list of guys that had a short elite run of about 3 years and then slowly faded away. Its the nature of the position. I also think he benefitted from playing in Denver's system. That is no knock the guy, he was a very good player, but he wasnt even T Davis. That dude was straight dominant and has two rings to show for it....
 
I think Clinton's career really took off in Washington when he got to work with Coach Janky Spanky
 
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If he wasn't "great" on the field, he more than made up for it off the field with Coach Janky Spanky, Eastern Motors, etc.
 
Very good NFL career. But, a couple things hampered his career - leaving Denver (Shanahan would have made him a monster) and being lazy in practice and the off-season.
 
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AUcane said:
Very good NFL career. But, a couple things hampered his career - leaving Denver (Shanahan would have made him a monster) and being lazy in practice and the off-season.
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Lmao .....the Internet knows no bounds. Now you have people calling Portis lazy. Lmao.
 
bobbydigius said:
Nah man, he was very good but not elite. One of a long list of guys that had a short elite run of about 3 years and then slowly faded away. Its the nature of the position. I also think he benefitted from playing in Denver's system. That is no knock the guy, he was a very good player, but he wasnt even T Davis. That dude was straight dominant and has two rings to show for it....
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Dude was elite, but injuries got him. In Denver he was still young and was there for the post John Elway years and still put up good numbers. In Washington, he played on a bad team the entire time and still put up good numbers. If not for his injuries, you would be looking at him in a much different view.
 
He had a nice career most kids would have dreamed to jus to accomplish what he did while making all the money he dd now he is doing his thing on the NFL network he is a cane for life no judgements here I love the guy
 
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He didn't voluntarily leave Denver did he? If he would have stayed in that Denver system for his whole career he would be a shoe in HoF'er.

I thought he was involved in the Champ Bailey trade that ended up hurting both teams instead of helping them.
 
Cane Dynasty said:
He didn't voluntarily leave Denver did he? If he would have stayed in that Denver system for his whole career he would be a shoe in HoF'er.

I thought he was involved in the Champ Bailey trade that ended up hurting both teams instead of helping them.
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yes he was
 
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