Mark Brunell, Phillip Daniels, Renaldo Wynn, Shawn Springs

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Beemnsevem:

The Skins really didn't want to keep Champ all that much. The reason I say that is that if they had given him the same contract offer that they gave Portis, Bailey would have taken it. What they gave Portis was about what Champ was asking but the Skins were not willing to pay. That last statement is not meant to bad-mouth Portis in any way. It is simply to observe that the Skins had the money and the cap room to pay a player that kind of money and they did not want to give it to Champ but did want to give it to Portis. The team made a choice here; the trade was not forced upon them.

Well then, that does change things. I was always under the impression that Champ wanted out. Of course, maybe he still did - but I didn't know that Portis signed for what Champ was asking.

But here's the ultimate question: would this team have been better served by Champ rather than Portis? I've always maintained that unless you're talking LaDanian Tomlinson, any team can get by with just about any running back.

So then, yet another f*** up by this front office.