In the ever so demanding world of a prima donna NFL wide receiver, there is yet another pass catcher that wants out of his current city.
ESPN.com is reporting that Raiders’ receiver Jerry Porter is demanding a trade out of Oakland. The San Francisco Chronicle broke the news of Porter’s demands in a recent story.
“Yes. Absolutely. I’ve told them that,” Porter told the newspaper. The 2000 second round pick has caught 239 passes in his six NFL seasons for 3,215 yards and has scored 24 touchdowns.
Porter told the newspaper that his agent told him that the Raiders have asked for two No. 1 picks in return for him in any deal. “Why … would you ask for a No. 1 for me, or ask for two No. 1s for me, when I wasn’t even a No. 1?,” he told the newspaper.
Apparently, Porter got into an argument with new/old Raiders head coach Art Shell and his position coach Fred Biletnikoff over where he could train this offseason.
Porter wanted to train in Florida, Shell and Biletnikoff, God forbid, wanted Porter to train with the rest of his teammates in Oakland.
My main concern if the Raiders do trade Porter is when does it end? First it’s T.O. who wants out of San Francisco, then Moss out of Minnesota (although the Vikings were just as willing to part ways) and just this past offseason Ashley Lelie wants out of Denver, and now Porter.
Will this situation with wide receivers escalade to them wanting a trade every single time they feel mistreated or misused? Shell is trying to rebuild what has become a morbid franchise with only three winning seasons since he was first let go in 1994.
Shell is trying not to, in his words, “let the inmates run the asylum” in Oakland anymore, so give it a rest and just play Porter.
