Free agent running back Clinton Portis believes he can make an impact on whatever team ends up giving him a chance this season. After the past few injury plagued seasons it’s hard to believe the 29 year old Portis has anything left to offer.
“I think (age is) just a number,” Portis told WTEM-AM in Washington D.C. on Friday. “You’re saying I turned 30 (he’ll be 30 on Sept. 1), but I had a slate of two years where I really haven’t done anything. So right now, I feel good and feel better at this point than I have in a long time, just feeling like I’m completely healthy, just feeling like things are totally healed. And now that I know what I need to do and what I need to get accomplished, I’m fine with that.”
Portis really believes that the time he’s missed over the past couple of seasons due to injuries has been a blessing in a way.
“The injuries the last two years has really been a lot of rest for myself,” Portis said. “And with the lockout going on this year, I had the opportunity to go out to Arizona and fully recover and train and straighten out some of the things that were ailing me that I didn’t even have a clue of.”
After playing for the Redskins for most of his career and not having the ability to play for a contender, Portis is open to signing anywhere.
“Any team I can help. I think I have choices, but any team that I can help that’s really a contender,” said Portis, who boasts six 1,000-yard seasons. “I would love to go to … I’ve always been a fan of Drew Brees, I’ve been a fan of Philip Rivers, I think the young kid down in Tampa (Josh Freeman) is going to be great. Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Michael Vick, it’s a lot of guys.”
“I just want to go to an organization that’s kind of stable and going to have a set offense and running with what they’re familiar with.”
I don’t believe Portis has anything left in the tank and would be shocked if he made an NFL roster for the 2011 season. The Redskins ran him in to the ground, especially when Joe Gibb’s coached him.
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