Raiders' WR Porter to Test Free Agency
 

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For all those Gardner haters out there (which, by now seems to include just about everyone but me), Porter has expressed doubt about returning to the Raiders. If he tests free agency, as he claims he intends to, he'll probably command a signing bonus of about $7 million, but he'd be a pretty good #2 wideout.

No thank you. He's bad news.

I'd rather stick with Gardner

Porter is a home town guy. He played high school ball in DC. I think he would be a good #2 also. He has size and pretty good speed.

[QUOTE=EEich]No thank you. He's bad news.[/QUOTE]


EEICH, why do you say he's bad news? Have you heard anything? I'm just asking because I haven't heard anything too negative about him.

Porter doesn't have the focus in my opinion to be someone you can rely on. I wouldn't trade any of our receivers for him. He hasn't been able to step up to be the guy his whole career and is seeing a bunch of rookies and young players catch all the balls at a time he should be coming into his own. He probably will never be able to star for any team.

our recievers would be tight if they get out of the current funk they are in

I wouldn't mid having him over Gardner. I don't hate Gardner, but I think Porter has better hands than Gardner. Why is Porter bad news?

We don't need Porter, we don't have the money, and we are fine at WR. What we need is to have surgery on LC toe, so he can be a big time threat again.

I don't like the guy, but if we're going after another receiver (I like Gardner) we could try for Mike Williams out of USC (kinda)

he'd be an upgrade over gardner but is gonna want way too much money for a #2 wr. I'd rather target a rookie wr in with one of our 1st 2 picks.

I would like to see a consistant team for atleast 2 seasons. We aren't fixing anything with free agency, we've been down that road for years and it's never worked. I think Porter or Williams from USC would be great. But we have a roster of potentially great WRs in Coles, Gardner, Thrash, McCants and Jacobs. any of those guys have a breakout season and get in sync with a QB and we are marching to a championship with our great defense.

The last thing the Skins need to do is change all the pieces again this offseason. they need to let a plan unfold for once and not blow it up and start over again like they have done every offseason since Danny joined us. Porter for Gardner is an unneccesary switch. I think the Redskins should just keep the current players and fill holes with draft picks and work on molding the current roster. You can't make a big free agency splash every year.

Receiver isn't the main issue with this team. They really need a speed rusher on the outside and a better center.

I'm really not that concerned about the receivers and they already have too much money invested in that area of the team.

i tend to agree with celts32. the skins need to keep most of the players they have. make a few changes, maybe make some changes in gibbs' system, open things up just a little more to better fit ramsey and portis. shopping gardner around isn't a bad idea but not for another wr, an o-lineman or something.