Comments on: Portis predicts "bombs over Baghdad"

By: Drastik29

Drastik29 — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:10:51 +0000

Clinton Portis is fresh off a pro-bowl… Brandon Jacobs almost got outshone by his backup last year.
You talk about “blind homerism” lets analyze some comments you made:
1) Campbell stinks and will always stink, which is why you never really see support for him from Zorn. Zorn knows he stinks as well.
You’re wrong here, Zorn has publicly backed Campbell time after time, even when Campbell has had sub-par games, Zorn always says Campbell had a good game.
2) Zorn is not ready to coach in the NFL. I loved Zorn as a player, he just isn’t ready to lead a team. The team is never ready to play.
I dont know how a team who is “never ready to play” goes 6-2 before being decimated by injuries along the offensive line. And who also swept the Eagles last year, who everyone thinks will go to the superbowl because they added some rookies and inconsistent O-linemen.
3) Portis is on a downward trend in his career, that plus he is always hurt.
Portis has played all 16 games 3 of the past 4 seasons, including playing all 16 the past 2 straight years. And a downward trend??? Portis had 1500 rushing yards to go along with 200+ receiving yards last year, if that is your idea of a downward trend then I dont know what you view Brandon Jacobs as.
4) The skins defense is over-rated, and it was over-rated last year. Smoot can nio longer cover anyone, DeAngelo Hall never does anything for any team he plays on despite having some talent. Haynesworth, while a great player, cannot be great sitting on the sideline which is what he typically does about half the time, and will do so again this year.
Over-rated defense? How about a defense that finished 4th in the league last year, and was ranked higher than the NY Giants defense. Not to mention the Giants owned one of the best pass rushes in the NFL, whereas the Redskins had no pass rush. Which means, even with an outstanding pass rush, the Giants defense was still worse than the Redskins… hmmm….
5) Their O-Line is one of the worst in the NFL….this is pretty obvious to anyone. The signing of Mike Williams shows how bad off they are.
When fully healthy, the O-line is not bad. Jansen, Samuels, and Randy Thomas were all hurt down the stretch last year which lead to JC getting no time to throw the ball, when the o-line was healthy for the first part of the season, JC was an MVP candidate. Not to mention the Redskins added Derrick Dockery in the off-season, and replaced Jon Jansen.

By: tomko6

tomko6 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:02:02 +0000

I agree with Florio and CP on this.Skins are going to the super bowl!! The nfc is sooooooo overated its sickening.The skins o line is actually pretty damn good,the problem is theres not alot of depth.The defense was 4th overall last year despite getting next to no turnovers.Add Phat Albert and D Hall with Phillip Daniels healthy and London Fletcher (who by the way is the most underrated player in the nfl) and that beast outta texas Orakpo and you got maybe the best overall D in the league!!Cant wait to see Eli on his back sunday.Campbells playing for his career portis is a tough S.O.B.,moss,cooley,randle el,and malcolm kelly and devin thomas!!!! Bombs over Baghdad indeed!!!

By: golongboyee

golongboyee — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:17:44 +0000

Drastik29………whomever thinks Portis is better needs to stop taking their “blind homer” pills and wake up to reality.

By: Drastik29

Drastik29 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:06:28 +0000

Whoever thinks Marion Barber or Brandon Jacobs is better than Clinton Portis….. just should not be talking about NFL Football.

By: Sociofan

Sociofan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:29:21 +0000

Golongboyee. Campbell too has made it to the playoffs. Lost to Seattle.

By: golongboyee

golongboyee — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:01:39 +0000

STFU.Skins4Life
gee, by your stats, you just confirmed……Manning and Romo are better……..both have at least APPEARED in the playoffs……..and have proved they can come through in the clutch……..Campbell has proven he can be a semi-respectable cog in a system, that is all.

By: golongboyee

golongboyee — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:59:30 +0000

STFU.Skins4Life
..ah……ask anyone in the league which back they would ratehr have……..the answer would be unanimously Jacobs………PERIOD

By: STFU.Skins4Life

STFU.Skins4Life — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:58:23 +0000

exactly

By: golongboyee

golongboyee — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:57:13 +0000

STFU.Skins4Life
Again I ask……how many playoff games has Campbell EVER appeared in???????
About the same as Jessica Simpson!

By: Sociofan

Sociofan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:50:50 +0000

Let’s break down the QB argument:
First, who is throwing the ball?
Of all active quarterbacks they rank as follows:
JC: 31.4 Att/Gm Rank (12)
EM: 31.3 Att/Gm (14)
TR: 19.5 Att/Gm (35)
So Romo has the luxury of not throwing too much, but he does have the highest YPG:
JC: 201.2
EM: 200.3
TR: 234.7
But despite throwing more passes than any of the three, Campbell has the best Int. % of all active QBs:
JC: 2.0%
EM: 3.2 (21)
TR: 3.5 (29)
So even though Romo throws the ball the least, he gets picked the most. Baaaaad.
But it still allows for the following career Passer ratings (again, only for active QBs):
JC: 80.4 (24)
EM: 76.1 (27)
TR: 94.7 (1)
And one more stat, career completion percentage:
JC: 59.7
EM: 55.9
TR: 63.6
So, what is the moral of these stats?
Campbell is a statistically better QB than Eli Manning, but not as good as Romo. However, Romo turns the ball over a lot more and has the luxury of not throwing it so often. Romo also chokes in the big games. For golongboyee, Campbell and Romo have exactly the same number of playoff wins…zero.
None of these QBs are dramatically better than the others and if you look at the receiving options for 2009…I would take Campbell as having the best year.

By: STFU.Skins4Life

STFU.Skins4Life — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:38:49 +0000

By week 7 they were talking about Campbell being league MVP and once the line got banged up he slumped. I agree with jackmycoolaid though. If any of the NFC East teams were in the West, they’d go 14-2 every year.

By: STFU.Skins4Life

STFU.Skins4Life — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:24:43 +0000

Portis SIX 1,000 yd seasons in 7 years. AND the best blocking back in the NFL the past 20 years.
1487 yd (4.3 per carry) 9TDs in 2008
Barber ZERO 1,000 yd seasons in 5 years
885 (3.7 per carry) 7 TDs in 2008
Jacobs
1089 (5 per) 15 TDs
Campbell
3245 yd 12 TDs (no TO) 6 INT 62.3 %
Rating-84.3
Romo
3440 yd 26 TDs (will go down without TO) 11 INT 61.3% Rating – 91.4
Eli Manning
3238 yd 21 TDs 10 INT 60.3 % Rating-86.4
EXPLAIN HOW BARBER/JACOBS IS BETTER THAN PORTIS AT ALL. ANYONE, PLEASE RESPOND. Not to mention their lines were blocking MUCH better than the Skin’s the last couple years.
Romo’s numbers are slightly higher because he gets 4-6 seconds to throw all the time. Everytime he plays a team that’s able to get at him, he sucks (every playoff game he’s ever played). Just because he had T.O. and a better pass blocking line does not make him considerably better.

By: STFU.Skins4Life

STFU.Skins4Life — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:06:23 +0000

golongbee,
OK, once more for the slow people. Romo has won about as many playoff games as Jessica Simpson. And the only on game Manning actually won was the Super Bowl. His RUNNING GAME got him there. Other than the Super Bowl WTF has Manning done? Here we go with this. I’m going to just pull the stats out, because this “Barber and Jacobs are better than Portis” is some bull.

By: jackmycoolaid

jackmycoolaid — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:53:49 +0000

Ok guys, enough of the hate. The Redskins are cursed, that is a fact. They are stuck in the fiercest division of all of football. Put any of the teams in the BEAST in other divisions and they would make the playoffs every year…even the Redskins.
The reason why teams in the NFC EAST don’t make it too deep into the Playoffs at times is because they beat each other senseless during the season that by time playoffs come around…they look like senior citizens at a bingo party.

By: The Wishbone

The Wishbone — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:07:51 +0000

Portis sounds like Jon Kitna when Kitna guaranteed 10 wins for the Lions. That turned out GREAT.

By: STFU.Skins4Life

STFU.Skins4Life — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:02:15 +0000

LMAO!! How is the Giants D Backs better than the Skins??? Or how about the Backers, and you cannot say you’d take Boss over Cooley. Clavette, never post on here again.

By: golongboyee

golongboyee — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:52:32 +0000

STFU.Skins4Life………you have some serious issues……or you are 11 years old, one or the other!
1) Campbell does NOT = Romo or Manning…….how many playoff appearance has JC made again?
2) Barber and Jacobs are/were better than Portis
3) Whitten > Cooley (over-rated)
..you may continue your “blind homerism” and uneducated “rationales” all you like…….it only makes YOU look STUPID…….nobody else

By: clavette

clavette — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:22:37 +0000

how many playoff games has campbell won?
sorry but the only thing the skins have over the giants is santana moss. when tuck and umenyiora rape campbell repeatedly on sunday youll see

By: STFU.Skins4Life

STFU.Skins4Life — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:08:20 +0000

My bad, with all the hate, thought you were talking about the Skins, but it was the Cowboys. When you said no playoff wins since 1996, I should have thought of the Cowboys right away.

By: STFU.Skins4Life

STFU.Skins4Life — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:06:45 +0000

REALPHAN I seem to remember the Skins being one game from the NFC championship 2006 not 1996, numbnuts.

By: STFU.Skins4Life

STFU.Skins4Life — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:01:25 +0000

Campbell = or > Romo
Portis > Barber
Skins WR > Boys WR
Cooley = Whitten
Skins OL Boys DL
Skins LB =or Boys DB
Specials Teams are both bad.
Campbell = Manning (NYG fans were ready to get him out of town until THEIR RUNNING GAME got them to the Super Bowl)
Portis > Jacobs
Skins WR > NYG WR
Cooley > Boss
Skins OL NYG LB
Skins DB > Boys DB
I’ve never seen anyone make $100,000,000 because of ONE DAMN GAME until Eli (Cry baby because the Chargers drafted me) Manning.

By: REALPHAN

REALPHAN — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:58:26 +0000

BTW…..Florio also picked the RAMS to win the superbowl two years ago…..I think they drafted Jake Long with that pick!

By: REALPHAN

REALPHAN — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:57:43 +0000

There he is folks….VOX VERITAS…..A Real Man of Genius, Mr. Pro Football Blog Commentator…..We Salute you…..for continuing to think that your team is great, when they have not won a playoff game since 1996….Ohhhh THATS DURING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION….you never back down from a chance to rant in an article that has nothing to do with your team…..OHHH IM INSECURE YEAH…..During the day, at night, in the afternoon, weekends, holidays, …OHHHH I DON’T HAVE A JOB…….OR A LIFE…..
Other guy (with a life) – “The Cowboys are grossly overrated, and have one of the worst coaches in the NFL.”
VOX(never touched a girl) – “He’s got a winning record. Unlike Jim Zorn. ”
………..Notice how he avoids that they are overrated….OHH IM IN THE CLOSET…….
We salute you Mr. Pro Football Blog commentatorrrroorororrrr……yeah!

By: golongboyee

golongboyee — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:55:06 +0000

Campbell stunk last year, the year before……and all three preseasons…..is that enough evidence for you……….even with protection, Campbell cannot get the job done.

By: STFU.Skins4Life

STFU.Skins4Life — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:44:25 +0000

Yes, their teams did. And im sure Plax and T.O. will help again this ye… oh wait, forgot they have no more WRs.

By: jaytrotter

jaytrotter — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:35:53 +0000

You guys are morons. You act like the Skins are the Lions. Picking the Giants to win the Super Bowl in 2007 and the Cardinals to make it last season were just as unlikely picks yet they happened. Do you people even watch the league?

By: killachap

killachap — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:32:14 +0000

The only bombs going off in FedEx field will be the career of Jim Zorn

By: VoxVeritas

VoxVeritas — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:32:12 +0000

“The Cowboys are grossly overrated, and have one of the worst coaches in the NFL.”
He’s got a winning record. Unlike Jim Zorn.
“And people will realize how much T.O. meant to that offense. He was the reason Witten was open so often. All defenses will have to do now is key in on Witten.”
Uhhh Witten was putting up great numbers before the Cowboys signed TO.

By: VoxVeritas

VoxVeritas — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:25:44 +0000

“Besides, Romo and Eli are probably the two most over-rated over-hyped QBs in this league”
Didn’t their teams hang like almost 60 combined points on the Ravens last year? Why yes they did.

By: STFU.Skins4Life

STFU.Skins4Life — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:17:11 +0000

Everyone needs to stop talking about how this person on the Eagles did in the preseason and how many TDs Campbell threw in the preseason. It’s Ef’n PREseason. The Skins got stomped in game three 40something to 3 and gave up like 250 yds on the ground. All the haters got all happy and said we needed to tighten up the run defense (top 5 in league). So preseason matters about as much as a 40 time.
People who did crap in the preseason before springing on the scene:
1) Kurt Warner (Even Vermiel was crying about him playing)
2) Stephen Davis (we tried to trade for Barry Sanders rather than play him and ended up with 18 rushing TDs)
3) Jake Delhome (beat out in the preseason by Rodney Peete???)
4) Chad Pennington (cut after Favre trade and was in the top 5 in QB rating in the league)
And so on and so forth. SO, point being that Campbells stats were on par with Romo, Eli and even the imortal McNabb. Difference being those guys had way better protection all year. Dockery is back at LG and Heyer is in at RT (both upgrades). Campbell will come out and light it up this year.