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**RoyWilliams** · 09-19-2006, 01:10 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...091801048.html

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In his most confident declaration yet, Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis said he would play Sunday at Houston. After playing in the opener against Minnesota, Portis was inactive against Dallas and said in an interview during the game that he had injured his rotator cuff against the Vikings.

"It wasn't that I did something to my rotator cuff. It just wasn't firing the way it was supposed to," Portis said. "Like the doctors said, it was natural after coming back from the injury I came from, playing in the game after not getting hit for four weeks, and that I was going to have soreness."

Portis also revealed indirectly that it was he -- and not Coach Joe Gibbs -- who created the confusion last week about his playing status. On Friday, Portis said being ruled out of the game was "news to him." He said he had expected to play in the game and said of his suitcase, "This bag's going to Dallas."

But yesterday Portis confirmed that Gibbs told him as early as last Wednesday that he would be out.

Good news for Skins fans as they need something to get this offense going.

Carbo04 · 09-19-2006, 01:38 PM

Too bad they don't actually need him for this game. He better sit out again and rest up. John Henderson, Marcus Stroud, and Mike Peterson will be on him HARD come week 4.