I was listening to some fool talk about how good Westbrook is, making it sound like Portis is nothing. Don't get me wrong, I despise the Eagles, however, I'm not going to say Westbrook is a bad rusher, when he is nasty, however, this guy doesn't want to admit that Portis is a good rusher at all. I mean maybe I'm wrong, but I don't know, I felt like I should see what you all think so I could get a better judgment, if you want stats, the links are below: Portis Westbrook
Stats don't mean crap in these kind of arguments. Tough call. As a pure rushing running back, Portis in his prime a couple-three years ago was pretty damn good. Today? He's not what he was. Slower, less shifty, more predictable. Still good, but not what he was. At least IMO. It's hard to dompare Westbrook to him, IMO, because in Andy Reid's pass-dominant offense, he didn't really have a chance to showcase his skills as an high-carry, 20-25 carry a game back like Portis has. He has been spectacular at times but has not shown the ability to be a feature back in a run-oriented offense (which is not so much his fault as Reids). I like Westbrook a lot, but if he was being rated on rushing alone I'd view him as more of a change of pace scatback. I dunno. On rushing alone, I'd give it to Portis I guess. If I was building a team that based it's offense around a running back that carried the ball a lot, I'd definitely go Portis. If I was trying to build a well rounded team with a multidimensional multipurpose threat out of the backfield (which is my favorite kind), I'd definitely go Westbrook. They both have their good and bad points and are hard to compare as they are very different players in very different offenses. Draw?
Oh no I agree on stats, however I just decided to put them there for people if they wanted them, fast link.
i like westbrook also clinton portis is pretty good although he not very good at catchin the ball in the screen game and things like that.Westbrook is probably one of the top 3 recieving RB in the nfl and is a good at rushing im going westbrook
portis is probly better runner but westbrook is better all around player he catches better and runs almost as well as portis so helps his team better in long run.
I'd say Westbrook is better than Portis. I think both are great backs but I think Portis flourished in the Broncos system and I can't imagine what Westbrook would be like if he played in that type of system.
