Clinton Portis
Clinton Portis
Clinton Earl Portisis a former American football running back who played in the National Football Leaguefor nine seasons. He played college football for the University of Miami. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. Portis was best known for being the starting running back for the Washington Redskins for seven seasons, in which he gained an average of 81.2 yards rushing per game, for which a select panel of celebrities included...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth1 September 1981
CityLaurel, MS
We talked about packing up. We needed to go out and find a way to win or we were going to be cleaning out our lockers. I wasn't ready to clean my locker out. I don't think none of the other guys were, either. We found a way to win.
That play was designed to lose two yards. I spun around a guy and it was clear from there.
If y'all see me in the news, and I make the news for something that I ain't got no business making it for, don't bash me. Say it was a young guy living.
I was a pretty good DB, but I realized one day I would rather have someone trying to tackle me than me trying to tackle guys like Jerome Bettis and Eddie George.
I think we need that guy on the field.
People have been mailing stuff in. People . . . give me stuff. I had a guy bring me wigs, glasses, teeth, everything. I forgot the guy's name, but I appreciate it.
Guys were playing for each other, laying it on the line, and everybody was just fighting. The confidence is really up.
That first handoff, it was like, whew, the sky's the limit. At the time, you couldn't have told me we weren't looking at 2,000 yards. But things happen. That keeps you humble and keeps you hungry. It lets you know you can't get the big head. I'd like to think that our struggles last year, being 6-10, made us all better.
I'm good. I'll be at practice Wednesday -- unless I can milk this thing.
I've got all week to think about the pain in my leg. As long as I can stand and as long as I can go, I'll go.
That's big. That's what they brought me here for. This franchise has been around a long time, so to break it is special.
Every week, we've had to play like it was our last game. Don't lose that attitude now. Don't lose that motivation. Now, the pressure really is on for everyone else, but we've been going through this.
We went deep. We went short. We hit on medium-range passes. We got our running game going. Jake gives us another dimension.
At 5-6, everyone wrote us off. We started off hot, everyone jumped on the bandwagon. We turn around, we're 5-6, everyone jumped off the bandwagon. As a team we came together.