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The Washington Redskins placed Clinton Portis on the IR this Tuesday, and the move has prompted speculation that this season may have been the last for Portis in Washington.The star running back has been held out since Week 9 due to the aftereffects of a concussion, a hot-button topic in the NFL this year. With the Redskins' season essentially over at 3-9, the team saw no need to bring Portis back this season.
As the Washington Post notes, the Redskins will sustain a $14.8 million cap hit were they to release Portis before June 1 of next year. Large cap figures haven't meant much to Redskins owner Daniel Snyder in the past, but that's a big hit to take from releasing a player that may not be on his last legs quite yet.
With the possibility of a new coaching staff in Washington looking more and more likely for the 2010 season, it's easy to think Portis may not be involved in the gameplan moving forward. In fact, according to the Post, Portis himself seemed apprehensive when asked about his future, not just in Washington, but also in the NFL
"Do I think there's going to be change? I do. If I'm part of that change, will I be sad and devastated? I won't," Portis said. "I'm 28, man. I'm not gonna be devastated, 'Oh, man, football is over.' "
"I enjoyed it. I had fun doing it. I gave everything I had doing it."
This may have been a bad year statistically for Portis, but he didn't receive much help from a battered, bruised and oft-changing offensive line. If Snyder wants to spend money to make his team better, let it be on this aspect of his offense -- not on marquee names at running back, quarterback, and receiver.The smart path for the Redskins and whomever their new coach will be is to keep Portis around for the 2010 season, but relieve him of some of the 20-carry-per-game workload he's endured seemingly every year of his career. If you bring in a young RB with fresh legs and pair him with the veteran, you should be able to harness Portis's good days while lessening the chance of him wearing down or getting injured.
If he still shows nothing in 2010, it then may be time for Washington to move on. But when you look back on all he's done for the organization on the field -- including a 1,700-yard, nine-touchdown season in 2008 -- Portis deserves another shot in Washington next year. Should Snyder and the team not grant him that, some other team will be willing to make Portis part of a running-back committee in 2010.
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