Oct 14th 2008 12:39PM by Tom Mantzouranis (author feed)
Filed under: Bengals, Chiefs, Eagles, Lions, Giants, Raiders
There’s a buzz growing around this year’s trade deadline. After the busiest offseason of trade activity ever, there were still a lot of long-lingering rumors that have been growing on the vine through six weeks of the season. Now, with the trade deadline upon us, there seems to be a genuine feeling (or is it just hope?) that this deadline will be unlike the many dormant ones that have come before. Well, it’s not going to happen. As far as movement is concerned, this deadline will be less Phil being taken out at a gas station and more Tony enjoying Journey over onion rings.
Regardless, here’s a look at which players have the most trade-deadline buzz:
: The new Jason Taylor (active Hall-of-Famer seeks new team with legitimate championship hopes) wants to be a veteran leader on a Lombardi team instead of a veteran leader teaching kids how to play pro football. The Chiefs claim that they’re willing to oblige for the right price, but is the right price really the third-rounder they’re reportedly asking for? I take it the answer is no, since the Giants, the team most heavily in pursuit of Gonzo, are offering a sixth-rounder. This seems like the perfect opportunity to employ conditional picks to protect both sides, but Carl Peterson has never been a GM really willing to play ball, and at this point I think the “willingness” to do what’s right for Gonzalez is conjecture.Continue Reading
