... brains, the running backs are its heart.
To put it another way, an offense’s running game makes the whole thing go.
The Redskins have running backs in spades and any conversation about top five all-around backs in the league needs to include Clinton Portis. A slasher, cutback type back when he played for the Broncos early in his career, Portis has evolved into one of the most complete backs in the league.
It started when Joe Gibbs got ahold of him. Gibbs’ passing game emphasized the best possible protection for its quarterback while the receivers took time to get open, meaning the running backs had to hold their own against the pass rush.
Portis, who weighed around 195 at the time, never wanted to come off the field. So he took up the mantle of adding an extra 20 pounds of muscle to his body by becoming an offseason workout freak. (He’s added more since).
With the extra 20 pounds Portis morphed himself into on...
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