Champ might be gone!

Champ to Seahawks for Shaun Alexander straight up...

http://www.tribnet.com/sports/football/seahawks/story/4771451p-4715678c.html

 

:applause: Wish there were more player for player trades, especially ones that benefit both teams like this. I don't like the skins and I'm indifferent about the hawks but trades like this are good for the league. This trade could open up the bargaining table somewhat and make offseasons that much more interesting and the seasons themselves even more competitive.

 

That would be an interesting trade. Strange, though. Takes away the heart and soul of the Seahawks for a guy of similar impact, but their values are similar and if it comes down to a franchise back or a franchise corner, back comes first.
On the other hand, if they're so willing to just give up on Alexander for the future, why not trade him? He'd be expecting a huge deal, which at 27 when he starts playing again would mean he'll be playing into his 30s.

You just have to be willing to give up on the guy, and I don't know if I could.

 

I can't believe the Hawks would trade Alexander

 

best thing to happen to Alexander. Holmgreen is holding him back on having a great career.

 

Ricky Watters seems more like Dan Snyder's type of player.

 

Shawn?

This article would suggest that Springs doesn't return?

 

He's already an idiot for losing Ahman Green. His career is done in Seattle if he trades Alexander

 

Sounded like the writer thought it would be a good idea, but didn't have anything to back up that the teams were actually thinking about it.

 

Denver writer thinks Champ for Portis straight up

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0...1971394,00.html

Let's make a deal: Broncos' Portis for Redskins' Bailey
By Adam Schefter
Denver Post Sports Columnist


INDIANAPOLIS - Pardon the interruption, Broncos and Redskins officials. But quit looking at those college prospects and start figuring out how to complete what would be the biggest trade since the New York Yankees acquired A-Rod.

Denver running back Clinton Portis for Washington cornerback Champ Bailey.

Even up.

One Pro Bowl stud for another.

The Broncos would get the shutdown cornerback they need, the Redskins would get the dynamic running back they need and the University of Colorado would get what it needs: a story big enough to bump it off the front pages, at least for a little while.

This is a trade that, initially, is startling and nearly beyond comprehension. But not after analyzing it the way the Broncos and Redskins should.

The Broncos have a looming contract mess with Portis, a situation that is only going to get uglier as it gets warmer. The Redskins have an undying determination to deal Bailey, whom they tried, but failed, to re-sign to a nine-year, $55 million deal that included $14.75 million worth of bonuses.

The Broncos are being forced to contemplate unwelcome scenarios for one of the best running backs in football, just as the Redskins are being forced to do the same for the best cornerback in football.

Might as well turn two negatives into one big positive. For both teams.

From afar, the Broncos are eyeing Bailey, as is every team in the league. The issue: how to get him.

The Redskins are demanding a first- and second-round pick, as well as a player. But the Broncos already have the one player who, today, would wipe out all demands of any draft picks and trump any other offers Washington has received. Denver has the ammunition to get a deal done.

The mere mention of Portis' name would practically be enough to make Redskins owner Daniel Snyder jump-start his private jet, fly to Florida and immediately hand over the type of glittering contract Portis' representatives are demanding.

This is what Snyder does. During the first three days of the free-agent signing period last year, he signed or traded for nine veterans. None was as big or as productive or as enticing as Portis, who would be Washington's new commander in chief.

All it would take from Snyder is a cornerback he does not want to pay and a less-pricey new deal for Portis - something close to the $6.8 million franchise tag the Redskins already have slapped on Bailey.

But Denver is not concerned about what Snyder would be getting. It is more concerned, and rightfully so, about what it would be losing.

Which, in this case, would be plenty.

Portis is Denver's one true superstar, one of only three running backs in NFL history to gain more than 1,500 yards in each of his first two seasons. The issue is the holdout he is considering later this season. It is, to say the least, disconcerting to Denver.

And it is one of the major reasons Denver should debate making its biggest offseason splash with a trade that few people - other than the Broncos and Redskins - could imagine.

Denver would rather clear salary- cap space for a player whose contract is up, not one who has two years remaining on his, as Portis does. It would prefer a player who spends his off-seasons training in Denver, not Miami. It would choose a player who is a Champ, not one who wears a heavyweight belt to proclaim himself one.

To those who wonder who would carry the rock for Denver, don't. On a recent Los Angeles-bound flight from the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, former Oklahoma and current Dallas Cowboys safety Roy Williams said his former college teammate and Broncos running back Quentin Griffin is the closest thing he has seen to Barry Sanders.

Plus, the Broncos' coaches and front- office staff have more faith than people realize in last year's seventh-round pick, Ahmaad Galloway, the former Alabama running back who would have been a first-day pick last year had it not been for a bad knee that is now healthy.

The Broncos also have the versatile Mike Anderson, a former 1,500-yard rusher capable of being shifted to running back as quickly as a Portis cut.

And Denver has the April draft, where it has found once-unsuspecting 1,000-yard rushers in Terrell Davis, Olandis Gary, Anderson and Portis. Does anyone doubt this team can do it again?

It won't get a running back as good as Portis this April, that is true. But it would be getting the top corner in the league, the player Dale Carter, Deltha O'Neal and Willie Middlebrooks were not.

For all his greatness, the Broncos could wind up viewing Portis as a bargaining chip rather than a blue chip. In the coming days, do not be surprised if the Broncos look to cash it in - on a trade that makes so much sense, it smacks you in the head the way Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington would.

In this deal, both teams would make out, like high school prom dates. And it would not be the first time the Broncos and Redskins have flirted with each other regarding one of the biggest blockbusters in NFL history.

Back when Joe Gibbs coached the Redskins in the early 1990s, he came closer than people know to trading for then-Broncos quarterback John Elway. Now Gibbs and the Broncos should be - and, I would even venture to say, will be - talking trade again.

Pro Bowl running back for Pro Bowl cornerback.

Star for star.

Portis for Bailey.

This could get very interesting, very soon.