It was just a simple play during the final day of minicamp: A screen pass to running back Clinton Portis. But when Portis reversed field and starting safety LaRon Landry ran him down, the friendly jawing started.
The trash talk continued in the locker room after practice and bets started being placed, so the two stars headed back outside for a 40-yard dash to end any speculation.
"I didn't want him to think . . . you know, I was running sideways and he ran me down and 'ooohhh,' you know what I'm saying," Portis said. "Don't think you got it, bro."
With teammates gathered on a nearby hill to watch and Zorn still being interviewed near the main building, the two raced on a practice field. Portis jumped to an early lead, but Landry had a late kick and seemed to take the 40-yard race in a photo finish.
"You know the defensive backfield, we knew we were going to win, that's why I put out my money there," cornerback Fred Smoot said. "Clinton got the burst but [Landry is] a defensive back and we used to chasing people. He had to go get him and that's what he did."
The race didn't stop the trash-talking though.
"About the 25-yard line I came straight up looking at the sky cause I knew I was gonna win, you still down trucking. Come on, man," Landry said to Portis, who stood by laughing.
"If he want to feel like he won, he can feel like he won," Portis said. "We gonna keep running until it's just hands down [that] I won it."
As he walked inside, Portis joked he hoped the sprint would count as an organized team activity. When told, Zorn laughed and said that wouldn't happen.
"Nope," Zorn said. "He was on his own, that was strictly voluntary."
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The trash talk continued in the locker room after practice and bets started being placed, so the two stars headed back outside for a 40-yard dash to end any speculation.
"I didn't want him to think . . . you know, I was running sideways and he ran me down and 'ooohhh,' you know what I'm saying," Portis said. "Don't think you got it, bro."
With teammates gathered on a nearby hill to watch and Zorn still being interviewed near the main building, the two raced on a practice field. Portis jumped to an early lead, but Landry had a late kick and seemed to take the 40-yard race in a photo finish.
"You know the defensive backfield, we knew we were going to win, that's why I put out my money there," cornerback Fred Smoot said. "Clinton got the burst but [Landry is] a defensive back and we used to chasing people. He had to go get him and that's what he did."
The race didn't stop the trash-talking though.
"About the 25-yard line I came straight up looking at the sky cause I knew I was gonna win, you still down trucking. Come on, man," Landry said to Portis, who stood by laughing.
"If he want to feel like he won, he can feel like he won," Portis said. "We gonna keep running until it's just hands down [that] I won it."
As he walked inside, Portis joked he hoped the sprint would count as an organized team activity. When told, Zorn laughed and said that wouldn't happen.
"Nope," Zorn said. "He was on his own, that was strictly voluntary."
Original Story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con....
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