Patler
08-06-2009, 09:05 PM
Today (August 6) Bedard wrote:
5:55
Twitter Greg_A_Bedard: Tannenbaum explains the 7th rnd pick return. Was that so hard, Ted? #packers http://bit.ly/16k9Vd
5:56
Twitter Greg_A_Bedard: Thompson just didn't want to explain the poison pill provision. Must guard state secrets. #packers
If you go to the link, on August 5, Rich Cimini wrote:
As you know, there was a “poison pill” in the original trade agreement that would’ve required the Jets to send future No. 1 picks to the Packers if they traded Favre to the Vikings. In the days leading up to the draft, plotting to trade up for QB Mark Sanchez, the Jets wanted to have the flexibility to deal a future No. 1 pick, if necessary. To satisfy a league technicality, they had to make sure those picks were unencumbered -- even though there was no chance they'd trade him to the Vikes. To get the Packers to re-do the trade, they had to send the seventh rounder back to Green Bay.
"In the spirit of cooperation with Green Bay, it allowed us flexibility going forward and closure to the Favre trade for all sides," GM Mike Tannenbaum told me -- finally.
BUT, back on Sunday on August 2, Ted Thompson already explained:
"There were some future picks tied up that weren't in clear possession of the Jets based on the conditions of the trade," Thompson said.
"(The conditions of the trade) seemed remote enough. The Jets needed a little bit more flexibility in case they wanted to use some future picks to trade. So since that seventh rounder was sort of a throwaway on the (Favre trade), we agreed to change some language in the trade papers in return for the seventh-round pick.
"That's all there was to it. People do that from time to time; change some language of the trade."
It was pretty obvious from what Thompson said on Sunday why the pick was given back. What more did Tannenbaum say on Wednesday that Thompson hadn't already said on Sunday?
Anyone who read at all about the trade knew of the poison pill if the Jets traded Favre to the Vikings. Clearly those were "future picks" that TT referred to.
What's Bedard's agenda???? Or is he just so lazy that he needs it spelled out to him in complete detail? Notice that the link he provided had more explanation from that reporter than it had quotes from Tannenbaum.
5:55
Twitter Greg_A_Bedard: Tannenbaum explains the 7th rnd pick return. Was that so hard, Ted? #packers http://bit.ly/16k9Vd
5:56
Twitter Greg_A_Bedard: Thompson just didn't want to explain the poison pill provision. Must guard state secrets. #packers
If you go to the link, on August 5, Rich Cimini wrote:
As you know, there was a “poison pill” in the original trade agreement that would’ve required the Jets to send future No. 1 picks to the Packers if they traded Favre to the Vikings. In the days leading up to the draft, plotting to trade up for QB Mark Sanchez, the Jets wanted to have the flexibility to deal a future No. 1 pick, if necessary. To satisfy a league technicality, they had to make sure those picks were unencumbered -- even though there was no chance they'd trade him to the Vikes. To get the Packers to re-do the trade, they had to send the seventh rounder back to Green Bay.
"In the spirit of cooperation with Green Bay, it allowed us flexibility going forward and closure to the Favre trade for all sides," GM Mike Tannenbaum told me -- finally.
BUT, back on Sunday on August 2, Ted Thompson already explained:
"There were some future picks tied up that weren't in clear possession of the Jets based on the conditions of the trade," Thompson said.
"(The conditions of the trade) seemed remote enough. The Jets needed a little bit more flexibility in case they wanted to use some future picks to trade. So since that seventh rounder was sort of a throwaway on the (Favre trade), we agreed to change some language in the trade papers in return for the seventh-round pick.
"That's all there was to it. People do that from time to time; change some language of the trade."
It was pretty obvious from what Thompson said on Sunday why the pick was given back. What more did Tannenbaum say on Wednesday that Thompson hadn't already said on Sunday?
Anyone who read at all about the trade knew of the poison pill if the Jets traded Favre to the Vikings. Clearly those were "future picks" that TT referred to.
What's Bedard's agenda???? Or is he just so lazy that he needs it spelled out to him in complete detail? Notice that the link he provided had more explanation from that reporter than it had quotes from Tannenbaum.