DENVER (AP) -- Champ Bailey didn't get that Super Bowl ring with the Denver Broncos. Now, the perennial Pro Bowler may have to go elsewhere for another chance. The Broncos are expected to release Bailey, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement was made. By letting go of Bailey, the Broncos would open up cap space, with the 12-time Pro Bowl player scheduled to make around $10 million next season. This was a trying 15th season for Bailey, one in which he missed 11 games because of a nagging left foot sprain that he originally hurt in the preseason on Aug. 17 in Seattle. The 35-year-old corner returned late in the season to help the Broncos advance to the Super Bowl, where they lost 43-8 to the Seattle Seahawks last month. Bailey has been so dependable on the outside for Denver since his arrival in 2004, when the Washington Redskins dealt him for running back Clinton Portis. Bailey has been among that rare group of elite cornerbacks that quarterbacks thought twice about challenging him. With good reason, too. Bailey leads all cornerbacks with 52 interceptions since he broke into the league as a rookie in 1999. As the years have passed, QBs started testing him more and more. That was evident in the playoff game against Baltimore after the 2012 season, when Bailey got burned twice for long touchdowns. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-broncos-expected-release-050508507--nfl.html
I thought he was retiring after the Superbowl? Or at least that is what the announcers kept saying when mentioning him.
he went from champ bailey to chump bailey when the steelers beat them in the afc championship game a few years ago.
