p8ryts

I think the key phrase was getting information from a new england radio personality. I don't put any stock in the information that follows that statement

BelichickFan

It's actually weird, RotoWorld says :

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/pla...ort=NFL&id=830

"Signed a five-year, $21 million contract on 02/23/2005. The deal includes $7 million in guarantees, including a $4 million signing bonus. He will receive base salaries of $1 million (2006), $1 million (2007), $5.2 million (2008) and $6.4 million (2009). Porter can be an unrestricted free agent in 2010."

So the NFLPA site may be wrong. But any signing bonus accelerates to the Raiders in a trade.

Digger44

I guess I do not understand why you guys want a WR who will sit on the sideline and laugh and applaud when his QB is sacked. Just to be a butte he parks in the owners space. The guy has serious talent and serious character issues. If the Pats were going to take that type of plunge then go all the way for Moss. As for those who try to compare Porter to Dillon, you have no clue about what you are talking about. Cory didn't show character flaw. He always gave 100%. Porter is a clown, he is not a Partiot. He does not deserve to wear our uniform.

Chris

i dont buy it either.. too many "my cousin knows this person" or this person here or a guy from here..

alamo

Be careful, unfortunately that site increasingly less valuable as times goes on, since so many players have roster and option bonuses as a part of their compensation. I have no clue if that is true for Porter.

BradyManny

That's somewhat revisionist history - there were plenty of people that thought Corey did have character problems. Granted, they were wrong, but let's not pretend that his reputation was a great one before he came to the Pats, character wise. Nor should we delude ourselves into thinking Corey was considered a "Pats player".

Having said that, I still don't want the trade to happen, but it has nothing to do with perceived problems in Jerry Porter's character, as much as it has to do with the fact that we don't need him.

shmessy

What does NEM's cousin's fitness center owner say?

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MrBigglesWorth

i don't see the raiders eating the bonus unless porter pays back some.

what i would do tho is propose a trade with the raiders:

pats give them seattle's #1 and pats #2 for porter and raiders #1(all upcoming year)

but the raiders are being held hostage, i wouldn't give in becuase they have no choice but to let porter go cheap. the issue is the signing bonus.

FloridaPatsFan

Sometimes thats true, but there are some rumors that come from good sources and they end of being true.

I say that partially out of defense because last year one of my closest friends who grew up with one of the current Red Sox players told her that Theo Epstien was coming back as the GM....And I posted that here and got slammed repeatedly for it...

So Theo did come back and proved the rumor to be real. Now I look at what is being said and take a realists look at the possibilities and come to my own conclusion....

So lets just say for a second that this could be a good lead. Gabriel comes here and the Pats ask him what he thinks of Porter and Gabe gives a raving approval and says the guy is dying to get out of Oakland and would love to play for the Pats. This, to me, seems like a possibility.

Now we have to wait and see. But someone here brought up Dillon and he has been awesome and his reputation before he got here was terrible. Dillon just needed to get off a bad team and have something to play for......Like Jerry Porter.

BradyisGod

My best friend's sister's boyfriend knows this guy who knows this kid who saw Ferris pass out at 31 flavors last night.

I guess it's pretty serious.