But here’s a dissenting view from former Redskins running back Clinton Portis, who was so distressed by Washington’s performance Monday night that he let out his frustration throughout the team’s postgame radio show.

“You need some rush ends, bad,” he began. “[Ryan] Kerrigan, [Trent] Murphy, I broke down the list, because it’s just really bothering me. Because no one says anything; it’s always overlooked. You want to pat these guys on the back because they’re such great guys, which they are. They are. But you need tough, physical playmakers. You need football players.”

Portis then listed former Redskins whom he would list in that category.

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“We don’t have those guys,” he said. “We don’t have any of these players. The players we have, when you look at Preston Smith, he’s a nice guy. So humble, so relaxed. He don’t have the spark. He’s not an angry guy. When you look at Kerrigan, he’s not an angry guy. Murphy. They’re all friendly guys. If I need a man to be in my wedding, those are the guys I want to walk down the aisle with. C’mon. They’re friendly. I love ’em. But you need tough guys. You need more dogs. You need more jerks. You need more troublemakers. You need that.

“This is the NFL,” Portis said. “You can’t have a roster of 53 good dudes, and you’re not getting a pat on the back to say, ‘Oh man, your team didn’t get in any trouble, those guys are good guys, they’re classy guys and this is what we love.’ Classy guys are not selling seats at this stadium. So you need to go out and find some hard-nosed playmakers. And [Scot McCloughan], he had that in San Francisco, so he knows what it takes, but you don’t have it. For whatever reason, you don’t have anyone on this defense. Josh Norman — who else do you fear on this defense? Who do you fear on the offense? Pierre [Garcon]? So that’s two.”

He later added Trent Williams to his list. Meanwhile, when Brian Mitchell appeared on the postgame radio show, that made two unhappy former running backs.

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“There are guys that you watch them week in and week out, and it doesn’t seem like they give a damn, and it doesn’t seem like their coaches give a damn,” Mitchell said. “I’m watching guys on the football field that are playing horrible, and the coaches don’t shake up anything.”

“Hold on, hold on, so I can help the listeners,” Portis interrupted. “You just said there’s guys on the field that’s playing like they don’t give a damn. But you said that as a general statement. I’m going to include the names of those guys: Shawn Lauvao, Spencer Long, Donte Whitner, Vernon Davis when it comes to blocking, Ziggy Hood when it comes to [garbled].”

“I totally agree with all those names,” Mitchell said.

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“Kerrigan and Murphy when it comes to changing direction,” Portis went on, “or having some kind of sense to say you know what, if I’m running this scot-free upfield, maybe this play is coming underneath me and I should have tackled the running back. Did I get it right?”

That’s pretty specific criticism! Especially from a guy who didn’t always love being criticized by ex-players on the radio! Meanwhile, one of Portis’s former teammates had harsh words of his own.

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“I don’t think we have enough players that like the game of football,” Chris Cooley said on ESPN 980 Tuesday morning. “We have some athletes. There’s NFL talent on this team. It might not be high level. But when I watch Josh Norman play, I look at a guy that loves football. When I watch Pierre Garcon play, I look at a guy that loves football. LOVES it. I miss it so much. I miss football. I got to the point over the last five years of my career where I loved it. I didn’t in the first couple years — it was hard — but I grew to love and admire the game of football, and have a great desire to learn, understand and play at a high level. I miss it.

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