More Positivity From Clinton Portis
Through what has felt like a three game losing streak (but has actually been two losses and one ugly win), Clinton Portis has remained remarkably upbeat. The DC Sports Bog has chronicled a lot of his on-air radio positivity, and the Clinton Portis Stay Calm Engine was cranking just as hard during his press availability on the steps today.
A few excerpts...
A few excerpts...
On if he is worried about Head Coach Jim Zorn's job:
"Why would I be worrying 'bout Jim Zorn? I'm worrying 'bout my own job."
On if the adversity they have faced so far this season will make them stronger as a team:
"I hope it do. People are ready to throw in the towel; you know, it's Week 4 in the NFL season. You know, there's a lot of teams in the same situation as us. Because we've had close games with the {St. Louis} Rams and {Detroit} Lions, it's like, 'oh, we suck.' I think for us as a team we know the talent that we have and I think we have an opportunity to go and do something special. We've still got a long season ahead of us, just like last year when we were 6-2. We didn't win the Super Bowl at 6-2. It took us to get to sixteen games and we realized we weren't going to the playoffs at Week 16, Week 17. Our season's not over and we've got to continue to go out and play."
On if owner Daniel Snyder is frustrated:
"I think everybody over here frustrated because when you have the opportunity.... It's the NFL. You can't look at 'em and say, 'Oh, this is a win, this is a win, that's a win,' and when you got to the opportunity to win games, you lose them. We talked about that after the Rams. It was like, 'Oh, you guys played the Rams close and almost lost,' but we won. And we go to Detroit and we lose, it's like, 'if only you all would have won by one.' Now that we've lost it's okay if we would have barely beat the Lions. You know, it's always going to be something, we've just got to find a way to come out and win games."
On if everyone is on the same page about getting this season back on track:
"I don't think people feel like we're far off. I think we gonna to watch film as a team and we'll see what we did wrong. It's not like it's some bickering in the locker room, and guys are like, 'This guy sucks, and this guy can't play, we need to get rid of him.' We know where we go wrong. That's why it's so easy to come here and have hope and say that we know we're going to get it right. It's only a matter of time before the plays that we miss out on, we hit. You take everything that happened in that game, if we score on the goal-line, we win. Despite every other play that happened in that game, it's one play that could change the game."
On if the team needs to run the ball more to start winning:
"We've got to put up more points to start winning. However we decide to put up points, that's what we've gotta do."
On if he has become more vocal since the team has been struggling:
"We've got twenty people walking around the locker room with 'Hoo-rah' talks, you know, pumping guys up saying, 'let's do it, we can do it baby.' It's Week 3. I don't think it takes a hoo-rah talk, I don't think it takes pumping up a guy, or putting a guy in the car and saying, 'Let's go have a one-on-one.' I think we've got to just go out and make plays. I don't think this is a time of panic. Some people are saying, 'Let's not panic, we're going to be all right,' but they're walking around saying, 'Come on baby, we need you, we need you.' Everybody on this team know what they're accountable for, and everybody on the team know that we need them.
"So I would hate for a guy to come to me and say, 'Come on, CP, baby stick with us.' I'm sticking with you. I'm going to give you everything I got. It's only a matter of time before I have a 200-yard game, and it's only a matter of time before I have a 150-yard game. It's only a matter of time before I get two or three touchdowns. It's just the fact of when is it coming. I know it's coming, but when? It's like, 'Can you tell me, are you going to have 150 yards Sunday?' I would love to have 150 yards Sunday, but if I don't, I'm not quitting football. I'm going to go out and play, and if I get it fine, if I don't, then back to the drawing board."
On if any one guy can step up and help the team win:
"We've got to go out and play as a team, we've got to go play team ball. Everybody got to be held accountable for what they do. Everybody's got to man up and just step up and do their job. I don't think there's any, 'This person, this person, that person.' We're going to man up, do our jobs, and get it done."
"Why would I be worrying 'bout Jim Zorn? I'm worrying 'bout my own job."
On if the adversity they have faced so far this season will make them stronger as a team:
"I hope it do. People are ready to throw in the towel; you know, it's Week 4 in the NFL season. You know, there's a lot of teams in the same situation as us. Because we've had close games with the {St. Louis} Rams and {Detroit} Lions, it's like, 'oh, we suck.' I think for us as a team we know the talent that we have and I think we have an opportunity to go and do something special. We've still got a long season ahead of us, just like last year when we were 6-2. We didn't win the Super Bowl at 6-2. It took us to get to sixteen games and we realized we weren't going to the playoffs at Week 16, Week 17. Our season's not over and we've got to continue to go out and play."
On if owner Daniel Snyder is frustrated:
"I think everybody over here frustrated because when you have the opportunity.... It's the NFL. You can't look at 'em and say, 'Oh, this is a win, this is a win, that's a win,' and when you got to the opportunity to win games, you lose them. We talked about that after the Rams. It was like, 'Oh, you guys played the Rams close and almost lost,' but we won. And we go to Detroit and we lose, it's like, 'if only you all would have won by one.' Now that we've lost it's okay if we would have barely beat the Lions. You know, it's always going to be something, we've just got to find a way to come out and win games."
On if everyone is on the same page about getting this season back on track:
"I don't think people feel like we're far off. I think we gonna to watch film as a team and we'll see what we did wrong. It's not like it's some bickering in the locker room, and guys are like, 'This guy sucks, and this guy can't play, we need to get rid of him.' We know where we go wrong. That's why it's so easy to come here and have hope and say that we know we're going to get it right. It's only a matter of time before the plays that we miss out on, we hit. You take everything that happened in that game, if we score on the goal-line, we win. Despite every other play that happened in that game, it's one play that could change the game."
On if the team needs to run the ball more to start winning:
"We've got to put up more points to start winning. However we decide to put up points, that's what we've gotta do."
On if he has become more vocal since the team has been struggling:
"We've got twenty people walking around the locker room with 'Hoo-rah' talks, you know, pumping guys up saying, 'let's do it, we can do it baby.' It's Week 3. I don't think it takes a hoo-rah talk, I don't think it takes pumping up a guy, or putting a guy in the car and saying, 'Let's go have a one-on-one.' I think we've got to just go out and make plays. I don't think this is a time of panic. Some people are saying, 'Let's not panic, we're going to be all right,' but they're walking around saying, 'Come on baby, we need you, we need you.' Everybody on this team know what they're accountable for, and everybody on the team know that we need them.
"So I would hate for a guy to come to me and say, 'Come on, CP, baby stick with us.' I'm sticking with you. I'm going to give you everything I got. It's only a matter of time before I have a 200-yard game, and it's only a matter of time before I have a 150-yard game. It's only a matter of time before I get two or three touchdowns. It's just the fact of when is it coming. I know it's coming, but when? It's like, 'Can you tell me, are you going to have 150 yards Sunday?' I would love to have 150 yards Sunday, but if I don't, I'm not quitting football. I'm going to go out and play, and if I get it fine, if I don't, then back to the drawing board."
On if any one guy can step up and help the team win:
"We've got to go out and play as a team, we've got to go play team ball. Everybody got to be held accountable for what they do. Everybody's got to man up and just step up and do their job. I don't think there's any, 'This person, this person, that person.' We're going to man up, do our jobs, and get it done."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-30-2009 @ 6:08PM
cjmrfix said...
WE WANT BILL COWHER!!! Fire Vinny, Fire Zorn, Start all over again.........
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10-02-2009 @ 7:09AM
rbeyer1 said...
Bring in Shanahan to run the offense for the remainder of the year and then fire Zorn at the end!
9-30-2009 @ 6:13PM
Savant said...
PRACTICE PRACTICE THAT IS THE PROBLEM PORTIS & SELLERS ARE THE ONES THAT NEED THE PRACTICE!
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9-30-2009 @ 7:47PM
kwild said...
to fire zorn would be the dumbest thing to do.... unless you want more of the same. do you really want to go through another three years of rebuilding.....our team needs the same coaches and system so they can "perfect it" not start all over again. come on use ur head.....
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9-30-2009 @ 8:32PM
giancarlogonzalez said...
Fair weather fans suck, you claim to be longtime 'Skins fans but in reality you're soft, probably you'd have fired Coach Gibbs his first season when he went 8-8 and started 0-6. A little advice: if you're going to the game this Sunday, try cheering and encouraging the 'Skins and making noise when the Bucs are on offense, just an ABC primer on being a fan...
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9-30-2009 @ 8:57PM
Mena Yousef said...
Fire the owner!:
Don't take it too personally please Mr. Snyder. You're a smart man because you've been there and done that. You were blessed to own a team that you grew up cheering for. Anything close to that would be a quarterback who plays for a team he grew up cheering. We fellow Redskin fans can only know the feeling.
We're in it for the long haul like we always have. Heck, we could win the rest of our games this year. It's football and anything can happen.
Let us help you make that anything happen.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=145359336038&ref=mf
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9-30-2009 @ 9:19PM
daddyjim60 said...
I've been a Redskins fan sence 1950, I'm 69 yrs old. I remember the best and the worst of Redskins football. First let me say I do not beleive in Jim Zorn but I'll will say he is working for the worst owner in the NFL. Now to what I see of this team. I remember the Hogs. The O-line I think is the most importent part of the offence. With the hogs, Qb, running back and receivers didn't matter so much. A QB or a RB is only as good as his O-line. So lets get to it O-Line, you are pro's and you block like high school kids. I'm 50 yrs a fan, win or lose I'll die a Redskins fan. Hail to the Redskinds.
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10-01-2009 @ 12:01AM
lizkauai said...
Well, Hail to CP for keeping on task.
This is a tough week for this fan- but I still love the Redskins and the Hawaii Warriors who both suffered unexpected losses.
Their losses are not my embarrassment and I feel no desire to ridicule anyone. This is football. Any team can win on any given day. I look forward to cheering again on Sunday!
HAIL!
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10-01-2009 @ 7:40AM
mary.dan said...
This has become the worst organization in football. Teams are built through the draft, not free agency. Look at the top teams-all built through drafts and add a key free agent or two.
Until the owner hires "football" people, a real GM, to run the team, we fans will have to endure more of the same.
Why would a team ranked 4th in defense sign a DT to a $100 contract and not address a weak and aging offensive line?
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10-01-2009 @ 9:52AM
CharlieMiller said...
We need to overhaul the offensive line. We needed to do it three or four years ago. Campbell has not had great protection all season, and really the only huge pocket mistake I can recall was the Umeniora (sp?) strip, and mistakes are just going to happen.
The 1 yard would-be TD runs? Portis's fault? No. The line fails to make their blocks, NEVER seems to get a good push, and I believe is primarily to blame for our horrendous rushing game so far. Something has to be done, it's that simple.
I love Albert Haynesworth. I'm definitely happy he's on our team, but simply put, he was not what we needed- defense is not a major issue for this team. Sure they've had a pretty rough start this year, but I feel it comes down to play calling more than anything else.
Fix this O-line, I don't care what has to be done. Make a trade for some draft picks and clean up next year, do SOMETHING.
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10-01-2009 @ 6:39PM
fsaunders said...
I would like one example where anyone in the Snyder regime, or the Redskin organization, has been "held accountable" for anything...
Crickets...
CP's mantra doesn't hold water.
It's not positivity, it's apathy.
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