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Here's Vinny Cerrato, the Redskins' new Vice President of Football Operations, yesterday:

The price of what these guys are going to be paid is astronomical," he said. "I don't foresee us being a big player in free agency. I don't think [team owner] Dan [Snyder's] plane is going to be fired up and ready to go. I think it's going to be a relatively quiet start of free agency for us."

Here's the headline in today's Denver Post: "Javon Walker to Washington?"

Walker, the current Broncos wide receiver, is coming off an injury-plagued 2007 season, and the $5.4 million he's due in a few weeks will likely seal his fate in Denver. But he's still an athletic, big, downfield target, and shouldn't have any trouble finding work. Especially if the Redskins truly are interested.

Believe the reports that the Redskins are going to try to pry receiver Chad Johnson from Cincinnati.... If Johnson isn't traded, the Redskins could turn their attention to Javon Walker, who, like Johnson, wants to be traded. Yet, unlike Cincinnati, Denver wants to accommodate Walker with a trade.

Washington and Denver have been willing trading partners in the past and could easily make a deal. If not Walker, Washington could pursue Oakland's Jerry Porter.

Given that Washington gave up Champ Bailey and a second-round pick for Clinton Portis, I'm guessing Denver is eager to work with the 'Skins again. And for Cerrato's claim that things will be slow in free agency for the team, well, it's all relative.

Oh, and concerning the Jerry Porter rumors, here's what the Oakland Tribune's Jerry McDonald wrote last week on the Raiders wideout:

According to one personnel man, ... Porter, scheduled for free agency after voiding the final year of his contract, may not get the big payday he desires.

"Can't run," he said."

One way or the other, it sounds like Washington will be getting a big-named wideout this off-season.