Sanders 83 Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 It will be on Comcast at 2:00, with a possible second one for Shawn Springs, but that has yet to be decided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Sassy Molassy Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Thanks fir the heads up. I was wondering what time the PC was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Thanks for the 411 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 portis has some serious gold/platinum fronts. i can't wait to see them. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlobberKnockinFootball Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 What will be interesting today is to see if Portis is holding up his #26 jersey. We've already shown one person a sign where he will be next year when we had the Brunell press conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwninja420 Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Cool cant wait to see it. Appreciate the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nace14 Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 i hope portis holds up number 24 and shows chump up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Originally posted by Cleotis da Clown portis has some serious gold/platinum fronts. i can't wait to see them. :cool: That sh*t's nasty... Who in the hell does he think he is Lil John? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Tooth Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Originally posted by Cleotis da Clown portis has some serious gold/platinum fronts. i can't wait to see them. :cool: I have never noticed that he had gold fronts. Did he just get them? He did not have them last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragintd Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Originally posted by BleedBurgundy&Gold I have never noticed that he had gold fronts. Did he just get them? He did not have them last year. They pop them in and out for effects/dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlobberKnockinFootball Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Does anyone know if the press conference will be streamed over the internet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pga Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Sportstalk980 says they will carry it on the radio so it should be on their site sportstalk980.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinhead Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 here is an article from todays Denver post on how the trade was started. http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~86~1994839,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posse81 Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 They showed Portis on the news last night hanging out I think right before the Brunell press conference. He was talking to Bugel. Buges looked giddy and was grinning from ear to ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinhead Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Bowlen says Portis put deal for Bailey in gear By Adam Schefter The biggest trade of Pat Bowlen's ownership tenure with the Broncos will become official today. But Bowlen said the seeds were sown last month when Clinton Portis' agent demanded the Broncos make his client the highest-paid running back in the game - nothing less. Had Portis been willing to compromise in some form, Bowlen said the trade that sent shock waves from Washington to Colorado never would have happened. Portis' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, declined to comment when reached Wednesday. Asked how much today's trade was the result of Portis' desire to cash in, Bowlen replied: "All of it. If Portis would have come in and said, 'Look, I'll play next year for my existing contract. All I want is for you to give me a personal assurance that you'll renegotiate my contract next year and it'll be up there close to the top-paid guy in the game,' I don't think we would have blinked at all. We would have said, 'Sure, that's exactly what we'll do.' "But it didn't come down like that. He wanted the money, the big money." The Broncos feared Portis would hold out until the 11th game of the season, the last date he could report and have the upcoming season count as one that would bring him one year closer to becoming a free agent. To prevent a holdout, Bowlen said he insisted his team attempt to make con- cessions. The Broncos offered Portis a $15 million insurance policy through Lloyd's of London, only to see the running back reject it. "Man, I'm not accepting no insurance policies," Portis said at last month's Pro Bowl. "I've got my own. Insurance doesn't do anything for me. There's not the guarantee." In turn, Bowlen said Denver recently proposed another guarantee. Shortly before the Broncos agreed to send Portis to Washington for cornerback Champ Bailey and the Redskins' second- round pick in the April draft, Denver offered to upgrade the running back's contract while adding years to it. Bowlen said Portis informed Denver the only contract he would accept would be one that made him the highest paid running back in the game. "Let's understand, I liked Clinton Portis," Bowlen said. "I thought he was a first-class guy. But all this animosity over his contract started not with us, but where he was picked in the draft. He was picked in the second round, and he thought he should have been at least a mid-first round pick and gotten a good chunk of his money up front. That was always eating away at him. "Then based on what he saw happen to some of his pals both in college and in the pros getting their knees blown out, it scared the heck out of him. He was thinking, 'Gee, I could play three years, and at the end of my third year I could tear my ACL and all of a sudden I lost the opportunity to hit the home run and land the big contract."' When Portis balked at the Broncos' overtures, Denver suggested Rosenhaus shop Portis to another team as long as the Broncos received a first- and second-round draft choice in return. Portis did not request a trade. A Broncos official said the team also provided Portis and his agent with two other caveats: The first-round pick they received had to be a top-10 pick. Should Rosenhaus fail to find a taker, Portis had to return to Denver and play under the $15 million insurance policy or a reworked deal. Washington didn't offer its first-round pick, but it did offer Bailey and the second-round pick Denver was demanding. The trade satisfied everybody. Washington got a Pro Bowl running back. Denver got a Pro Bowl cornerback and a second-round pick. Portis got an eight-year, $50.5 million contract that included $17 million worth of bonuses. And Bailey got a nine-year, $63 million contract that included an $18 million signing bonus. To those who believe the Broncos should have given that money to Portis, Bowlen said: "You've got a player going into the third year of a four-year contract. Certainly he deserves to be rewarded at the appropriate time, but you can't start rewriting a four-year deal halfway into it. "If you do after he has just completed 50 percent of his contract, in my mind you get a lineup of players that play well and think, 'I deserve a new contract.' You can't operate a business that way. I thought it was premature to ask for that. But that might have been his agent talking. I don't know whether that was Clinton talking." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manichispanic Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Screw Denver, Screw Elway ....Just felt I had to throw elway in there, (you see him in the commercial with cheadle? He looked borderline retarted) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Sassy Molassy Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Originally posted by Johnny Punani That sh*t's nasty... Who in the hell does he think he is Lil John? YEYEAH!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Tooth Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Originally posted by ragintd They pop them in and out for effects/dress. Yea, I understand the concept, but I have never seen him wear them. I know his mom has blue hair though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Tooth Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Originally posted by joeskinsfan YEYEAH!!!!!! That $hit was so funny. Chapell show is the best comedy show on TV in my opinion. I die laughing. :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Sassy Molassy Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Originally posted by BleedBurgundy&Gold That $hit was so funny. Chapell show is the best comedy show on TV in my opinion. I die laughing. :laugh: :laugh: \Yeah, I love that show. It's the only thing worth watching anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJCrash34 Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Anyone know if the press conference will be aired on TV in the NYC area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Is it going to be on NFL Network too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 I think Cleotis the Clown is mistaking Portis for Edge James. He has gold and platinum teeth but I've never seen Portis sporting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Originally posted by joeskinsfan YEYEAH!!!!!! WHAT??? :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouBrave86 Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 OKAYYYYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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