Sep 13th 2008 3:02PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Redskins, NFC East, NFL Fans, NFL CoachingMaybe Jim Zorn’s offense is a bad fit for everybody. Following the Thursday night season-opening shellacking by the Giants, some scouts wondered if quarterback Jason Campbell was the exact wrong fit for the West Coast scheme Zorn brought with him from Seattle. The answer, it seems, is a resounding yes.

And the same holds true for running back Clinton Portis, apparently. Based on the post-game comments, some ‘Skins fans have had it with Coach Janky Spanky and his inability to get out of the backfield. But, again, that could be a by-product of Zorn’s system. At least to hear Portis tell it: In an interview Wednesday, Portis, Washington’s top back since the 2004 season, said he wished he “could go to a team for one week with the best offensive line, or the team with the best scheme, and switch places with their back and see how others would do in this system.”

[After the loss to the Giants] Portis was open about his frustration having to dodge “all the people in the backfield, fighting just to get back to the line of scrimmage, and people [are] looking around like, ‘Oh, he just missed it.’ I’m dodging people getting the handoff, because nobody’s really respecting us as a passing team.” It’s hard to argue with that logic: Campbell was just 15 of 27 for 133 yards against New York, and managed just 5.2 yards per completion during the preseason. It’s much easier to formulate a defensive game plan when the offense is one dimensional. Whatever, Zorn seems unfazed. When informed of Portis’ comments earlier this week, he offered this.Continue Reading