Re: Champ Bailey
 

Our defense is fine without champ but our offense would not be without portis. He means more to us because an elite RB by himself can carry a team while an elite CB really cant. I would rather have portis and springs over bailey anyday.

Re: Champ Bailey
 

i agree; we've done really well without payin 9 mil a yr on a CB. we def. needed to offensive firepower over the D.

Re: Champ Bailey
 

I'd never take Bailey over Sanders and I'm more than happy with Springs.

With Dieon you have to put up with his exotic dress sense.

Re: Champ Bailey
 

Here's an interesting analysis of Champ:

[url="http://www.footballoutsiders.com/ramblings.php?p=2840&cat=11"]http://www.footballoutsiders.com/ramblings.php?p=2840&cat=11[/url]

It's rather longwinded, here's a quote for those that just want to skim.

"Bailey was targeted 90 times to Herndon’s 96, an exceedingly high number for a player that is supposed to intimidate the offense. Generally, when there is an elite caliber corner on one side and a clearly less talented player on the other, offenses will target the second corner, a fact that comes out in the attempts distribution. Gary Baxter had 108 attempts, while on the other side Chris McAlister had only 65. Terrence McGee saw 126 passes thrown his way to Nate Clements’s 88. Phillip Buchanon was targeted 76 times to Charles Woodson’s 58. But in Denver, home to the supposedly best corner in the game, the pass distribution was almost even.
Clearly, offenses were not intimidated by the prospect of going after Bailey, and the rest of the numbers demonstrate why. Bailey gave up a high completion percentage on both deep patterns and short patterns (50% on the deep balls, 73.6% on the short stuff; his completion percentage on medium routes was a reasonable but by no means dominant 46.2%). His yardage total is very high, his yards per attempt is lower-tier, and the seven touchdowns Bailey surrendered made him one of the worst corners in the league in that department. Bailey gave up 12 receptions on deep patterns for 425 yards – over half of his total yardage – and four of his seven touchdowns came on those twelve receptions."

Re: Champ Bailey
 

we got the better end of the deal cuz bailey wanted out.

Re: Champ Bailey
 

springs fell in nicely and greg williams was also an added plus.

Re: Champ Bailey
 

i think at this point we got the better deal, a younger player who hasn't even reached his prime yet, and we gave a top flight corner away, but our defense was even better without him.