Champ Bailey, IMO, was NEVER a shut down corner. He was good. But not great. He should have "Toomer's Bitch" tattooed on his ass. Terrible at tracking the ball in flight.
Portis was a better RB, than Bailey was a CB. He just played longer.
Hindsight being 50/50, (Thank you Spurrier) I'd make the trade again, under the same circumstances.
I agree with this, generally, except for the 2nd rounder. Straight-up I think the trade was fine and worked out for both teams.
I think Bailey has been over-rated his entire career. He could stick to (almost) any receiver like glue but he was not particularly impressive at playing the ball. Plenty of times he'd be in perfect position and the WR would be the one to make the play. I don't ever recall him being a guy the other team would simply not throw towards the way Green, Sanders and Sherman were (or are). I'm glad the Broncos were happy with him and I know we were happy with Portis (at least I was) so it was all good there.
But that second rounder ... just another symptom of the Redskins throwing around draft picks like candy. When I think of all the picks we wasted over the years (Duckett, Lloyd, Candidate, Taylor, Brown, McNabb, etc ...) I just cringe.