The Facts:
Following up on
an ongoing story. ... Portis turns 30 on Sept. 1 and he hopes to have a new team well before then. He’ll be hitting the free-agent market and he’s optimistic he’ll have a chance to become the featured back for some team even if his career has seemingly stalled with the Redskins after a groin injury in 2009 and a concussion in 2010 cost him time and production on the field. Part of the issue is a matter of perception to Portis, who in an interview on ESPN 980 in Washington blamed media.
Reported by The National Football Post
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
“Once you become the problem of an organization where in my eyes I kind of consider myself the mainstay,” Portis told listeners. “If you look my time I was in Washington, you take away the three years I was hurt, all were 1,300 or better yard seasons. So every time I got hurt two consecutive years, I was the problem, I was keeping us from moving on. ... And the fans due to the media portraying me as the problem and as the bad guy when I think I gave my heart to a city and to an organization. I think I did everything I was asked, but in some peoples’ eyes it’s not enough. ...” Portis says that his body feels right now and when asked where he’d like to play he rattled off a list of the best QB in the NFL. ... It remains to be seen how many teams will be interested in him. ... Stay tuned.
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