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That one catch was the margin of victory for one of my teams last week.1 catch for 7 yds so far this year.
Off the top of my head without doing any research, I would say that it is a fact that RBs are more productive in general (yards per carry) when placed in a RBBC situation. They stay fresher and the change of pace between the different RBs keeps the defense off balance. Michael Turner and Lamont Jordan are/were two long term backup RBs that have been ultraproductive as a change ofpace/RBBC and helped their starter into the fantasy top5 because of increased production. Portis has been converting TDs, and running well, so what is the worry? You drafted this guy as a later RB#2, possibly a RB#3 and he's performing like a RB#1.
Portis got 63% of the RB carries last week.Larry Johnson got 67%.Peterson got 64%.That, and Portis is slowly gaining carries back from his injury. What is there really to be bummed about?
Portis had the same number of carries in weeks 1 and 2, but if you're trying to assess RBBC I think it's important to look at percentage of team carries.Week 1 saw Portis take 41% of the Skins carries, with Betts also having 17 carries. Week 2 saw him take 51% of the Skins carries, and that was with 6 rushes from Campbell, which for the most part were passing plays that he scrambled on (if you consider all of those were passing plays to begin with then Portis carried the ball on 63% of the Skins running plays). Betts only had 6 carries week 2. Week 2 is much more indicative of how the rest of the year will play out, from a carry percentage standpoint, IMHO (in my homer opinion).
17 carries per week =
plenty of games left, but I'd like to see more action from Portis.
Also, the Redskins didn't have the ball much in the 4th quarter this week. Portis' TD, with 12:00 left in the game, was his final carry. Philly put together a 5:32 drive after the Portis TD. When the Redskins got the ball back, Betts started the drive and they went three and out. Then, Philly went on a 3:47 drive, followed by two Campbell kneel downs. Under slightly different circumstances, Portis could have easily reached 20 carries Monday night. I know, the circumstances weren't slightly different, but I think you have to look at why he only had 17 carries.I think Portis is a GREAT play this week.
You're referring to his comments in the draft. Marc was drafting from the 2.06 slot in a ten-team draft, so his statement that his "top players right now are: Shaun Alexander, Edgerrin James, and Clinton Portis at RB" was referring to the top players still available at 2.06 in that draft. Guys like Tomlinson and Addai were already off the board.
doh! Thanks Maurile.
