[Hogskin]

Originally Posted by offiss

The biggest prob. I have with what we did in the draft this year, was giving that 2nd rd pick for Portis, I think if we stuck to our gun's we would have pulled that deal off straight up for Champ, other than that I was very happy, RF, your plan leaves us week in the secondary, I don't know if I would have taken all the same player's, but I thought you did a fairly credible job with your pick's, on the other hand, I was prob. the first guy to start screaming Taylor, the day I found out we held the #5 pick, I just love this kid as a player, he could go down as an all time great, and I wouldn't give that up, I still feel he's the best player in a very deep draft, I know a lot of people where worried about signing Taylor on time, well look at the trouble jackson is giving the Ram's in that dept., and by the way, I like jones better than Jackson.

The problem with that is that Portis was not OFFERED straight up for Champ. Our front office talked with them for days, and that was the best deal we could get. Remember, there was a time issue with Champ, and we were the big loser if no deal was cut to move him. I think the deal will prove to be absolutely spectacular!! And in addition to that, don't forget about the new "enforcement" that is going into place this year that will handcuff the DB's and open up passing games. Let's see how many WR's champ can shut down in the new environment.