Comments on: Portis retiring as a Redskin

By: macwomack

macwomack — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:35:47 +0000

I get that you guys didn’t like the trade. But you must not follow the Redskins – b/c if you did you’d recognize that Champ was done with the Skins. He wanted out.

This was known and the Redskins negotiated his trade from a position of weakness. Considering they got something … for nothing and btw what a great something that was …CP.

I’ll take that trade all day long if Bailey is gonna be discontent and disappointed to be on the team. And if Bailey is gonna want to leave then I’d have made the same trade.

By: jwreck

jwreck — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:54:57 +0000

pastabelly says: Aug 21, 2012 4:22 PM

Denver got the better of the deal. A shut down corner versus an above average running back.
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ya think? Obviously Washington got the short end of the straw there. Champ is a clear first ballot hall of fame talent. Portis is not. What he deserves credit for, however, is working his hardest to make the trade worthwhile for his new team: the complete antithesis of McNabb in Washington. So yeah, the trade was stupid, but Portis deserves nothing but high praise from anyone who values good effort, good football, and hard working tailbacks.
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blueballzny says: Aug 21, 2012 8:48 PM

Yes, see above, it was a bad trade, and if Bailey had stayed in DC, things might have gone very differently over the last decade. However, saying that Washington’s last several seasons in the basement of the NFC East were caused by a trade back in 2004 is a little bit much. In fact, during his hayday, Portis more or less singlehandedly lifted the Redskins out of the cellar of the NFC East, which has been, unarguably, the most competitive division in football over the last decade.

By: heathshuler

heathshuler — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:43:26 +0000

lots of redskins love for clinton portis, can’t say enough about what he brought to the table. best wishes to him in retirement.

By: skinsaneasylum

skinsaneasylum — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:13:51 +0000

CP was a great member of the Redskins. The video of him and Cooley “hunting rams” before a game against St. Louis is absolutely hilarious.

As weird as this guy was off the field, he was twice as good on it. He played with 110% ferocity every Sunday until possibly his last season when dealing with a *completely* torn groin muscle…thing ripped clean off his pelvis.

I will miss seeing him absolutely destroy LBs in pass protection, any player on D that was trying to return a turnover, or lead blocking for WRs and TEs 75 yards down field at full speed.

Thanks for the memories CP! As Gibbs would put it “He is a true Redskin”

By: worldsgreatest

worldsgreatest — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:51:37 +0000

I really had hopes that someone would give him a shot last year. Alas giving declining players one last shot doesn’t seem to be the NFL’s motif anymore.

Anyway, just had to log in to say how much I appreciated his play on the field, and his antics off of it. Guy played with heart the size of a mountain.

He’s unfortunately loathed by the idiots on Redskins talk radio, which is odd, since he had Adrian Peterson like numbers on some awful awful teams.

Much love Portis. Thanks for the great memories. Hail!

By: vtopa

vtopa — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:25:25 +0000

What a great character. A guy full of fun. And a helluva RB. Congrats on a great career and for having such a charming sense of humor.

By: stepoffimdoingthehump

stepoffimdoingthehump — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:08:46 +0000

I’ll miss Coach Janky Spanky…

By: defscottyb

defscottyb — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:59:41 +0000

Blueball: the Eagles suck bro. Vick is a running qb and is old now plus always hurt. Good luck with that.

By: burgundyandgold

burgundyandgold — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:56:50 +0000

@bluebalz – Champ Bailey was going to leave anyway. CP was a great RB for the Redskins in a period when they did go to the playoffs a couple times. He is one of the best. Now, go back down to the basement where you live and take care of your bluebalz.

By: blueballzny

blueballzny — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:48:04 +0000

This article highlights why the Redskins are consistently in the cellar of the NFC East. First, they trade a shutdown corner in Champ for Portis. I dont care how good of a RB someone is, you dont trade a CB like that for him. Second, they trade two high draft picks, to a division rival nonetheless, for a clearly declining McNabb. Great wayof making your team worse and strengthening the Eagles at the same time. These are just 2 of the many, many reasons why the Redskins are a complete laughingstock of a franchise.

By: defscottyb

defscottyb — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:29:22 +0000

Portis played with lots of heart, one of the 70 greatest Redskins of all time. Hail!

By: tmkelley1

tmkelley1 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:23:37 +0000

I’ll never forget his very first run from scrimmage for the Redskins–a 64 yard TD against the Bucs in 2004. Awesome juke through the right side of the line, then GONE!!!

By: pastabelly

pastabelly — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:22:43 +0000

Denver got the better of the deal. A shut down corner versus an above average running back.

By: cuse6468

cuse6468 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:12:42 +0000

Great all around player. Cross dressing was stupid

By: Duckhomie

Duckhomie — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:12:06 +0000

Not even close to the “best “, but he hung it all out there and took a beating for our entertainment. Good luck.

By: nolanwiffle

nolanwiffle — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:56:35 +0000

He was not the least bit funny, but was willing to do anything for attention.

And Walter Payton is the greatest pass-blocking back of all time.

By: touchdownroddywhite

touchdownroddywhite — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:56:17 +0000

This should be fun to watch! I’ll miss the guy!

By: mataug

mataug — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:50:24 +0000

I haven’t seen a lot of football(by that I mean going back to old games in the 70s or 80s) but from what I saw, this guy was the best pass blocking running back that I came across.

By: blackqbwhiterb

blackqbwhiterb — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:39:28 +0000

In his prime, he was a fantastic player- great runner, excellent pass blocker, good once in a while catching passes, and ALWAYS the guy who would make the tackle when someone threw a pick or fumbled, whether it was Brunell, Ramsey, Campbell, who ever.

But a strange bird, indeed

By: bleedburgandyandgold

bleedburgandyandgold — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:24:07 +0000

I had really hi hopes for him and the team when the skins got him but as all things skins in recent memories it was a disappointment

By: cleminem757

cleminem757 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:22:33 +0000

Funny dude, greatest pass blocking RB ever, thanks for your game CP!!! HTTR!!!

By: rufustfireflyjr

rufustfireflyjr — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:20:58 +0000

I always admired the way he played with reckless abandon on the field. I didn’t admire his attitude towards working hard in practice and during the offseason, and the way he sometimes threw teammates under the bus.

By: sullijo1

sullijo1 — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:19:29 +0000

As a Bronco fan, this makes me very happy.

By: thankheavenfornumberseven

thankheavenfornumberseven — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:16:08 +0000

I’ll miss Sherriff Gonna Getcha.

By: themachomansays

themachomansays — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:14:31 +0000

One more thing to add, his performance in the final 5 games of 2005 “Five in a row or we don’t go” where he put the team on his back by going over 100 yards with despite a dreadful Mark Brunell (Brunell was a joke at that point as we saw in the playoffs) will never be forgotten by RedskinNation. You rule CP, oooohhh yeahhh!

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:09:42 +0000

Still remember him killing it in Miami. Not a bad career at all.

By: themachomansays

themachomansays — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:09:39 +0000

Clinton Portis is unquestionably the best RB of the last decade 2000-2010. He did everthing well and was the best blocker I’ve seen in along time at the position yeah! A hall of famer in my opinion oh yeahhhhhh!

By: fishercob

fishercob — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:09:21 +0000

I loved watching him blow up blitzing linebackers.