Shaun Alexander vs. Clinton Portis

Clinton Portis belongs in Washington D.C. because he should be a politician. Somehow he has managed to divert all of the attention away from his own stupidity. He has been speaking out about how they need to shorten the preseason. That might be a valid point, but it has absolutely nothing to do with his injury.

Portis was trying to show off by levelling Keiwan Ratliff and he got hurt doing it. That is something stupid for a star running back to do in a meaningless game. Portis would have met the same fate if the preseason was only one game (it was only the eighth play of the game). If the preseason was shorter, he would just have less time to recover after a bonehead play that led to his injury.

Shaun Alexander gets criticized for being soft and not going all out in practice or the preseason. Thank you Shaun. Be soft, stay healthy, and keep up the recording setting touchdown pace in the games that count.