Tracy Porter

[NWPATSFAN]

What does everyone think if Butler does get traded? Chicago just released Porter. Should NE kick the tires? He won't cost much and a decent talent? I'd rather go this route that paying Sherman and having to give up a pick.

 

[SDGuy73]

What does everyone think if Butler does get traded? Chicago just released Porter. Should NE kick the tires? He won't cost much and a decent talent? I'd rather go this route that paying Sherman and having to give up a pick.

This isn't happening. Pats don't have a pick the Hawks would want. Pats don't have a pick in the first 3 rounds. Jimmy isn't getting traded. Saints won't give up a first for Butler.

 

[richig07]

What does everyone think if Butler does get traded? Chicago just released Porter. Should NE kick the tires? He won't cost much and a decent talent? I'd rather go this route that paying Sherman and having to give up a pick.

Porter had a rebirth in 2015 for us, and was legitimately a good corner. Then we signed him to a new deal, and he really looked like he had fallen off a bit in 2016. He still had some good games, but there were also a multitude where he got straight up burned. The end of the season was particularly bad.

However, if anyone can squeeze another year of solid play out of a veteran who looks finished, it's New England.

Porter had a great career. He also might just want to hang em up.

 

[BigKen]

Tracy Porter waived by Chicago Bears

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• By Kevin Patra
• Around the NFL writer
• Published: April 10, 2017 at 11:02 a.m.
• Updated: April 10, 2017 at 04:43 p.m.

The 30-year-old veteran played in 30 of 32 games over the past two seasons, but dealt with knee injuries last season that contributed to his up-and-down campaign. In 2016, Porter compiled 48 tackles, nine passes defended and two interceptions.

This offseason, Bears general manager Ryan Pace added depth to the corner position -- a big weakness on a poor defense last season. Chicago added Prince Amukamara and Marcus Cooper to take over starter roles, while also signing veteran B.W. Webb. With 2014 first-round pick Kyle Fuller missing all last season with a knee injury, Pace took a 'toss numbers at the problem and see what sticks' approach to the corner position in 2017.

After the release of Porter, the Bears corner crew consists of Amukamara, Cooper, Fuller, Webb, Bryce Callahan, Deiondre' Hall, Sherrick McManis, Cre'von LeBlanc, De'Vante Bausby, Johnthan Banks, Jacoby Glenn and Rashaad Reynolds.

Porter, the one-time Super Bowl hero for the New Orleans Saints, is now a free agent. The veteran might have to wait until after the NFL draft -- April 27-29 in Philadelphia -- to find a landing spot to continue his nomadic career.