Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

[quote=Hog1;773580]Like to see CP come back under the correct conditions...........Raise?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH............ahahahahahahaha..........![/quote]

You sound like the guy from the Playstation commercials

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

[quote=Mattyk;773611]A guy asking for a raise is a cancer?[/quote]

It doesn't take much to be called a cancer nowadays.

This is what most of you guys hear when you read this:

Portis: I want a pay raise in the offseason, despite me being injured 2 consecutive years and having not much value to the team anymore.

This is what you guys should hear when you read this:

Portis: Sure, I want a pay raise. Will I ask for one or hold out until I get one? No, because there's a big probability I will be cut in the offseason unless I take a pay cut.

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

[quote=Mattyk;773587]Nothing to get crazy about.

Pretty much what most of us would say; who doesn't want more $$?

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Agreed, I don't understand why so many so-called fans are so quick to jump down a players throat on trivial issues such as this.

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

Nothing wrong with asking for a pay raise, doesn't mean your worth it or gonna get it.

The fact is in the case of Portis this is more than likely a moot point I don't see him in Redskin future plans, I think his time in DC is over.

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

There's no way Portis actually thinks he's deserving of a raise. I'm convinced he was only being sarcastic. He hasn't lost sight of statue on the team.

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

"Portis pockets' are fine" Portis

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

[quote=Mattyk;773611]A guy asking for a raise is a cancer?[/quote]

I guess a better phrasing would have been 'risking a cancer in the locker room'. Sure, I think if Portis is on the team and continuously going to the press, like he has been known to do in the past, saying that he deserves a raise, it could become a bad situation.

better to have as many guys on the same page as possible unless he keeps quiet.

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

[quote=Mattyk;773611]A guy asking for a raise is a cancer?[/quote]

PPL use this term way too much

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

From a post on skins insider & from what some have said here, Portis will make 6-8 mil in 2011 but none of it guaranteed right? i.e. he can be cut w/no cap ramifications.

If that's correct it would appear that he's likely to be cut, based on salary alone. I think it would be sad if both he & mgmt. didn't work towards a contract that both could live with. He's not gonna make big $ elsewhere so he might as well try & stay. He changed his ways & could be a big contributor to the team as a 3rd down back & vet leader. Would seem sad for him to leave now & go elsewhere to do the same thing for less than what the skins would be willing to pay him, but that's probably more likely to happen.

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

Gotta love his sense of humor. He's going to be lucky to be on a team next year. I really hope we move in another direction. Time to move on. I'd like to see a homerun hitter. Someone like Noel Devine as a guy that can get 8-10 carries and be a 3rd down back.

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

This is why I love Portis and hate stupid fans. Who doesn't want a raise?

He isn't stupid, he knows he isn't getting one.

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

Portis has my respect for the stats he accumulated here and what he brought on the field, before his downfall. I never liked his attitude or his tendency to throw everyone under the bus, but when he was healthy, he was a baller.

He is at the end of his career. While only 30, he has suffered major injuries each of the last few seasons, and no matter how he says it was just a "fluke", the reality is that his body has broken down. He is no longer an elite runner, doesnt have the breakaway speed anymore, and can't shed tackles.

I dont think he will be here next year, but i think whatever team that signs him will give him something like an incentive based, 1 year contract as a backup/ 3rd down back, to see what he still has left. Unfortunatley for CP, that isn't very much.

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

I'm afraid the only raise he'll be getting will be in the form of a passenger jet taking off, as it departs Reagan National. Thanks for the memories Clinton, but you're officially, unofficially done in the NFL. It's really a shame he couldn't stay healthier but them's the breaks.

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

I don't see a problem with him asking. I would.

Re: Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???
 

[quote=freddyg12;774603]From a post on skins insider & from what some have said here, Portis will make 6-8 mil in 2011 but none of it guaranteed right? i.e. he can be cut w/no cap ramifications.

If that's correct it would appear that he's likely to be cut, based on salary alone. I think it would be sad if both he & mgmt. didn't work towards a contract that both could live with. He's not gonna make big $ elsewhere so he might as well try & stay. He changed his ways & could be a big contributor to the team as a 3rd down back & vet leader. Would seem sad for him to leave now & go elsewhere to do the same thing for less than what the skins would be willing to pay him, but that's probably more likely to happen.[/quote]


OK, you are Clinton Portis for a moment. Just suppose...

The Skins offer to have you back as a part-time back at some kind of reduced salary.

Some other team - - for the sake of argument let's say the Patriots - - offer you 90% of what the Skins are willing to pay you and you will have the same part-time duties there - - - PLUS a much better shot at the playoffs and a Super Bowl appearance.

You are Clinton Portis.

What offer do you take?

Translation: Is about winning or is it about $$$?