All NOT in favor of Portis deal!

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We were going to lose Champ, no two ways about it. Other teams knew it and weren't going to bend over backward to help us. Portis was going to hold out, so it was a mutual thing.

If Portis has a thousand yard season and catches and blocks well, he's worth it. He's 23.

THe second rounder only hurts if we don't get decent cap relief in the deal. BUt we should, given what we would have had to pay Champ. So the main question is how Portis's contract is structured. Good contract=good deal. If we free up money, we can free agent our way to defense. Champ's contract was blocking that.

Trade down for an extra pick, work the FA's on defense, and we'll have it.

But the long-term may be trouble! (Still, rookies need to get paid when their first contracts end, so that's not fool proof for building longterm either!)