# Portis: Worthy of the highest salary for a RB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 2, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portis-worthy-of-the-highest-salary-for-a-rb/232183 "2004-03-02T22:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portis-worthy-of-the-highest-salary-for-a-rb/232183/21 "2004-03-04T02:16:02Z")
> [@DaveX](#): > > Not to sidetrack too much… > > But Mike Rumph a shut down corner? You can’t be serious. He was the corner that teams threw at intentionally. He’d barely be a serviceable nickel back. > > That being said, Portis is good (better than O.Gary or M.Anderson in that system), but not 50 million good. Whoops. I meant Ahmet Plummer there… Being up at noon is very early for me. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![inkysplotchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2bfe46/32.png) [@inkysplotchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkysplotchy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portis-worthy-of-the-highest-salary-for-a-rb/232183/22 "2004-03-04T06:11:32Z")
The player might not see all the money from the contract, but the team still takes it as a cap hit. It’s been the downfall of many of the superbowl winning teams, with the exception of the Pats, who seem to do it without a ton of blue chip superstars. Bad long term contracts is what caused the Cowboys downfall in the late 90’s early 00’s. Cap room being taken up by players not even in the league anymore. ---
**Author:** ![fatmac98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@fatmac98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatmac98)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portis-worthy-of-the-highest-salary-for-a-rb/232183/23 "2004-03-04T14:17:50Z")
> [@Quack](#): > > To continue the hijack, I don’t think Terence Newman of the Cowboys is a shutdown corner yet. He showed a lot of promise last year, but he made quite a few rookie mistakes and teams still threw at him. OK, I can agree with that. If I were a GM, I’d still rather have him than a 1000+ RB. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portis-worthy-of-the-highest-salary-for-a-rb/232183.md?page=1)