Running back Clinton Portis on his weekly radio show on ESPN 980:
On the incident with Mike Sellers: “It was a minor situation that was blown out of proportion. Me and Mike handled that. I thought it was between me and him. Only two other people were in the locker room when it happened, so how it got out in the media… It was an exchange of words. When you’re around someone every day… Mike always feels like that big brother, little brother role. Mike always wants the big brother role. Sometimes the little brother and big brother can’t co-exist. We exchanged words and then it was done with. Then the media got hold to it. We discussed it and we’re fine.”
On comments from players about him not practicing: “I think you start to hear the side comments, ‘Oh, he’s not practicing again.’ Or, ‘When are you gonna practice?’ You hear it. When you’re losing, there is always something players or coaches look for a bailout. What’s wrong, is it because he’s not practicing? I practiced [last week]. As a team we have to stick together and fight our way through this.”
On if he’s in a slump: “I don’t think so. If you turn on the film and watch me run around, ask people on the other side waiting on me to touch the ball. I try to run through them. Someone ends up making the play.”
