Yep, Portis is kind of the forgotten man amongst our running backs from Edge to Gore. I'll admit I wanted McGahee to be the starter over him in 2001. All I heard before the season was this guy McGahee was a beast. Portis must have been the goods to keep McGahee from starting and he didn't disappoint. Portis made me forget about the McGahee talk.
Also, I think if Portis wasn't as successful in the NFL, we would talk about him even less. He wasn't even picked until the 4th round. I certainly didn't think he would have an immediate impact like he did. I viewed him as a scat back and not a feature back. Boy, I was wrong.