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(Message started by: StegRock on Sep 6^th, 2006, 2:46am)

Title: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Sep 6^th, 2006, 2:46am

Portis still not practicing and not looking good for opening day... according to "The REAL Feed":

Portis misses practice, status for opener still uncertain (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2574982&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines)
ESPN: NFL (05.09.2006 21:31)
Running back Clinton Portis and cornerback Shawn Springs didn't practice Tuesday, and their availability for Monday night's regular-season opener against Minnesota was uncertain.

Betts would get the start, but Duckett, the guy Gibbs has brought in and is built in the "Ernest Byner" mold Gibbs so loves, is the guy to keep your eye on here... [smiley=yes.gif]

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Sep 7^th, 2006, 6:31am

Portis officially questionable... From "The REAL Feed":

Portis questionable for Monday's season opener (http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/news/ABN4039437.htm)
The Sports Network: NFL (07.09.2006 00:18)

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Sep 8^th, 2006, 10:36pm

UPDATE on Portis... from the horse's [smiley=horsey.gif] mouth... Down and still out,... at least until Week Two. From "The REAL Feed":

Portis says he'll 'probably' return in Week 2 (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/wires/09/08/2020.ap.fbn.redskins.portis.1st.ld.writethru.0277/index.html)
SI.com: NFL (08.09.2006 19:05)

I'm tellin' ya... this thing's gonna liiiiiiinger and they didn't pick up Duckett "for nothin'", so to speak.

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by DB on Sep 9^th, 2006, 3:48pm

Portis upgrade to probable. :o However, I would keep him on the bench week 1.

http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/9648815

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Sep 9^th, 2006, 7:15pm

on 09/09/06 at 15:48:45, DB wrote:

Portis upgrade to probable. :o However, I would keep him on the bench week 1.

http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/9648815

If you read between the lines here, I think this very unexpected announcement is as much about Gibbs's not liking Portis's declaring himself, for all intents and purposes, OUT until "at best" Week Two than anything. I think Gibbs is primarily trying to keep their opponent in the dark and on their toes and didn't appreciate Portis's flapping his jaws. Gibbs and Portis don't have the smoothest of relationships, and I think this situation is another outward manifestation of that. While in a straightforward sense this may be able to be spun positively, I think if you read between the lines, it doesn't spell good things for their relationship and, thus, the long term. Regarding this week, I betchya he's deactivated for the game, probably "officially" right at game time.

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Sep 15^th, 2006, 5:05pm

Portis rushed back... He's now OUT Week Two... according to "The REAL Feed (http://www.fantasyfootballer.com/newsstand.htm)":

Gibbs: Portis won't play Sunday against Cowboys (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/wires/09/15/2020.ap.fbn.redskins.portis.0509/index.html)
SI.com: NFL (15.09.2006 16:15)

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Sep 15^th, 2006, 7:38pm

[smiley=no.gif] Along the lines of what I suggested earlier on this thread regarding what I perceive to be an extant tension between Gibbs and Portis, here's a "telling" quote from the piece linked to immediately above:

"When told what Gibbs had said, Portis didn't know the decision already had been made.

'I thought it was a game-time decision,' he said. 'As of now, my bag's packed and ready to go to Dallas, unless they come and tap me on the shoulder in the near future and tell me I ain't going.'

Last week, it was just the opposite. Portis spent several days downplaying his chances to make the season opener, saying he was not in football shape and had yet to recover from a partially dislocated left shoulder that caused him to miss nearly all of preseason. But after the final practice, Gibbs sprung a surprise, saying Portis had tested the shoulder sufficiently and would play as a backup to Betts.

Portis carried 10 times for 39 yards in the 19-16 loss to the Vikings, but he has complained of soreness all week.

'I can't do nothing but tell you to wait until Sunday. This bag is going to Dallas,' said Portis, pointing at the equipment bag in front of his locker. 'We have seen some miracle days happen. This ain't no situation for me not to be playing in.'"

[smiley=yikes.gif] This just doesn't sound right and, as such, doesn't portend good things in the long-run for this relationship. I mean Portis is a VALUABLE fantasy player, but this is a situation fantasy footballers MUST keep their eye on, a wary eye that is. Stay tuned...

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Sep 21^st, 2006, 1:50am

Portis goes from out in Week 2 to probable for Week 3. From "The REAL Feed":

Portis probable for Week 3 (http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/news/ABN4041349.htm)
The Sports Network: NFL (20.09.2006 21:34)

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Sep 22^nd, 2006, 12:33am

Portis expects to be at full-speed this week against the woeful Texans... From "The REAL Feed":

Texans can expect 'full-throttle Portis,' 'Skins RB says (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2597546&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines)
ESPN: NFL (21.09.2006 19:19)
Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis practiced again Thursday and pronounced himself ready for Sunday's game against the Houston Texans.

I would be cautious, however, about the hype right now. Unless this game is a tight one, all this talk could be for naught. Portis has two things (potentially) working against him this week. One, there is the injury, which don't see as being 100% healed (all of a sudden). But, two, if they go ahead BIG or fall behind BIG, they'll probably pull him. Furthermore, Duckett was one of the Redskins bright spots against the Cowboys. He could be good in a Gibbs-run system. I could see him spelling Portis... on the goal-line.

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Sep 29^th, 2006, 5:54am

Brunell nicked going into what looks to be a ROUGH-n-TOUGH Week 4 game against the Jaguars. From "The REAL Feed":

Mark Brunell to Start Against Jacksonville (http://www.pfcritics.com/news101/MarkBrunelltoStartAgainstJ.php)
Pro Football Critics (29.09.2006 05:31)
Washington Redskins starting quarterback Mark Brunell is probable for Sunday's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars due to an elbow injury. In practice on Thursday, Brunell tossed a few balls a distance of twenty yards."He threw today. He's going to practice tomorrow," said trainer Bubba Tyer.B...

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Oct 11^th, 2006, 3:53am

Place-kicker woes continue... From "The REAL Feed":

Redskins sign K Novak in wake of Hall's latest injury (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/wires/10/10/2020.ap.fbn.redskins.novak.1st.ld.writethru.0305/index.html)
SI.com: NFL (10.10.2006 20:58)

I fear John Hall may be headed for the graveyard of long, lost kickers... [smiley=reaper.gif]

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by DB on Oct 11^th, 2006, 7:08pm

I updated my Redskins report midweek with respect to Hall (as reported above as well) and a free agent recommendation. Check it out. ;)

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Oct 19^th, 2006, 3:29am

Disappointing D takes a hit... From "The REAL Feed":

Redskins CB Rogers out with fractured thumb (http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/news/ABN4045219.htm)
The Sports Network: NFL (19.10.2006 00:42)

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Oct 26^th, 2006, 4:10am

Williams back practicing... according to "The REAL Feed":

Panthers' Williams returns to practice (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/wires/10/25/2020.ap.fbn.panthers.injuries.0169/index.html)
SI.com: NFL (25.10.2006 14:04)

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Nov 2^nd, 2006, 3:43am

Moss could be out this week... according to "The REAL Feed":

Moss questionable for Redskins (http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/news/ABN4047276.htm)
The Sports Network: NFL (01.11.2006 19:06)

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Nov 3^rd, 2006, 7:40pm

Moss all but done,... downgraded for this week... according to "The REAL Feed":

Redskins WR Moss all but ruled out for Cowboys game (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/wires/11/03/2020.ap.fbn.redskins.moss.2nd.ld.writethru.0325/index.html)
SI.com: NFL (03.11.2006 17:51)

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Nov 5^th, 2006, 12:45pm

Here's the latest on Moss & Co. from "The REAL Feed":

Redskins WRs Moss, Patten inactive vs. Cowboys (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2650463&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines)
ESPN: NFL (05.11.2006 12:33)
Washington wide receiver Santana Moss missed the Redskins' game Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys with a left hamstring injury.

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Nov 12^th, 2006, 3:22pm

As per sources available via "the Gridiron Newsstand",... RB Clinton Portis's "painful", injury-ridden '06 campaign continues...

"Redskins RB Portis breaks right hand (http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/WAS/9797107)"

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Nov 14^th, 2006, 2:15am

TWO BIG news items from off "The REAL Feed":

A lost running back... [smiley=injury.gif]

Redskins RB Portis has surgery, out 3-4 weeks (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/wires/11/13/2020.ap.fbn.redskins.portis.0479/index.html)
SI.com: NFL (13.11.2006 23:27)

And, a change at quarterback... [smiley=wavinbye.gif]

Redskins turn to Campbell as Gibbs benches Brunell (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/redskins/2006-11-13-campbell_x.htm?csp=34)
USA TODAY: NFL (13.11.2006 21:35)
Jason Campbell will make his NFL debut Sunday for the Redskins, replacing Mark Brunell for a 3-6 team that apparently heading ...

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Nov 15^th, 2006, 5:51am

Alas, it's happened... This just seemed to be destined... [smiley=no.gif] From "The REAL Feed":

Portis' season could be over (http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/news/ABN4049367.htm)
The Sports Network: NFL (15.11.2006 01:36)

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by StegRock on Dec 8^th, 2006, 5:12pm

Betts to stick around for a while... according to "The REAL Feed":

Redskins reward RB Betts with five-year extension (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2691260&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines)
ESPN: NFL (08.12.2006 15:54)
Ladell Betts considered hitting the lucrative free-agent market in 2007, but he opted to go with the safe money of the Washington Redskins.

I really wonder [smiley=thinking.gif] what kind of future he has with the team... We all kind of know that Portis and Gibbs are NOT the "best of friends"... [smiley=hmmmm.gif]

Title: Re: Redskins In-season Report
Post by DirkDiggler on Dec 8^th, 2006, 6:18pm

on 12/08/06 at 17:12:36, StegRock wrote:

This is great news for Redskin fans. Most people are surprised he is going to be sticking around.

In the short term, this is bad news for Betts owners in keeper leagues. What could of been a hell of a RB on another team is now just destined to be a back up.

However, to your point Steg, in the long term he may turnout to be something. There is always the possibility that Portis will get traded. (maybe that is why they got Duckett?) But if Portis and Betts are on the same team, then Portis is clearly the better back.