"If you could cut out domestic violence," he said, "I think you'd have a lot more confident women; I think you'd have a lot more confident people. So let's cut it out."

Or this: "For me it was a no-brainer," he said. "Tagging along with a great event for a great cause that [Becky's Fund] already had set up was easy."

Or this, in direct response to a question about what he'd be wearing on the runway. "You know, we're gonna keep this simple, man. I'm not making this event about me. I teamed up with Becky headlining the event, but I don't want the event to be about me -- 'Oh, it's the Redskins, the Redskins guys are here!' We really wanna keep the focus on the women that deal with this and the people that deal with this."

It's probably telling that Portis replaced an extravagant party for himself with a charity event. "This event really replaces my birthday party," he told me. "I skipped doing a birthday party because I really didn't wanna, you know, party party party all the time. So this event was coming up a month later, and I opted out on my birthday, chose this event."

Which is not to say that Portis failed to see the humor in the idea of his teammates modeling. "Jason [Campbell]'s probably gonna be pretty goofy. Chris Cooley as well. I don't think either one of them cut for this. If Albert [Haynesworth] makes it, I don't think the runway gonna hold him. I think DeAngelo [Hall] could do it, I think Santana Moss could do it. But this ain't Santana type of event. He really not the GQ type of guy to be out modeling. But I think me and DeAngelo got a shot."

Haynesworth didn't make it. Moss also didn't make it, likely exhausted from his dancing earlier in the evening. Hall was there but elected not to model, instead standing to the side and sipping from a SmartWater. Cooley was there, but steadfastly declined to walk the runway, no matter who asked.

"I can't make him," Portis said. "I'm gonna just go talk to Christy, and hopefully she convince him. Like, 'Babe, I've always wanted you to do this.' So hopefully she can get him out."

Even Christy Cooley couldn't accomplish that, though. "Chris didn't know he was gonna walk down the runway until we showed up," she told me. "I don't think he wants to. Maybe next year. I think it'd be pretty cool; I'd cheer him on."

Like me, Christy Cooley was impressed -- and somewhat surprised -- by Portis's sincere devotion to the cause. "I didn't know that," she said, "not until Chris came home tonight and said, 'You know, Clinton has this event, he's asked me, like, ten times to please show up,' so I knew at that point that he must be pretty serious about it."

Rocky McIntosh's wife Alessia had a similar reaction. "I didn't know that either. And, honestly, it's a great thing to see. I'm just very pleased that he was able to corral some other players into getting involved as well." (Her husband remained un-corralled because of a prior charitable commitment, which was a pity. I bet he would've walked the runway.)

Christy Cooley and Alessia McIntosh were both excited to see men -- especially male role models -- coming out for a cause like this. "I think it's great for the men to be involved in something like this," McIntosh said. "A lot of times you see men shy away because they don't want to be even associated with [domestic violence]. But it's great for them to show their support, because it takes the whole community to eradicate it, and it's a wonderful thing these guys are stepping up and doing."

So in the end, the only Redskins who participated in the fashion show -- which also featured elements of performance art and fire-dancing for good measure -- were Portis and Campbell.

Portis did well, as you'd expect -- "He did a great job," McIntosh said afterward. "He looks like he's been doing it his whole life." -- and Campbell felt pretty good about his own performance as well.

"I give it about an 8.5," Campbell said of his modeling debut. "I need a little more work. There was a little bit of inexperience, but I think it was a job well done. I started walking out through that and was like, 'Oh, this is all the people that are here?' I'm used to a hundred thousand people, y'know, when we're jumping out of the tunnel. I realized, 'I can get my shine on right here, strut a little bit.' It was fun, though, I enjoyed it. And it was for a great cause, which is the most important thing."

Here's the video, courtesy of Redskins Broadcast Network, so you can judge for yourselves.