MSM confirmation of Moss deal : Boston Herald

[Fritz]

Here's an update - 1:20 pm central time:

By Rob Demovsky
rdemovsk@greenbaypressgazette.com

Bob Harlan, the Green Bay Packers’ chairman and CEO, said this morning it seemed unlikely that a trade to acquire receiver Randy Moss from Oakland was imminent.


Reached in his office, Harlan said he had not heard a Boston Herald report that quoted “a Wisconsin source” as saying the Packers and Raiders are on the verge of announcing a trade that would send Moss to the Packers for backup quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Harlan said he has not spoken with General Manager Ted Thompson since he left for a scouting trip on Tuesday afternoon.

“If (a trade) was that close, (Thompson) would have called us by now,” Harlan said.

Thompson presented his monthly report to the Packers’ board of directors during its regular meeting on Tuesday morning and then left town. He is not scheduled to return until Friday night.

The subject of Moss came up during Tuesday’s meeting, but Thompson didn’t indicate a deal was about to be made.

“No, not at all,” Harlan said. “And he would have told that group if it was that close.”

Thompson was not immediately available for comment.

The trade, according to the Herald’s source, would send Rodgers and a seventh-round draft pick in 2008 to the Raiders for Moss, tight end Courtney Anderson and a conditional 2009 draft pick that would depend on how well Rodgers played for the Raiders in 2007 and 2008.


Okay. It's patently false. Kill the damn rumor.

[CaliforniaCheez]

The thing is a hoax, Always has been.
No one has ever confirmed anything.
The only one who has spoken on the record is Bus Cook.
His words were twisted and greatly exaggerated.

[GBRulz]

Thompson: Moss trade talk is 'wild speculation'

By Rob Demovsky
rdemovsk@greenbaypressgazette.com

Ted Thompson, the Green Bay Packers’ general manager, this afternoon dismissed a report that a trade to acquire receiver Randy Moss from the Oakland Raiders was imminent, saying it was nothing more than “wild speculation.”


In a statement released by the team’s public relations department, Thompson said: “We dismiss this report as wild speculation.”

Bob Harlan, the Packers’ chairman and CEO, said this morning he was unaware of a Boston Herald report that quoted “a Wisconsin source” as saying the Packers and Raiders are on the verge of announcing a trade that would send Moss to the Packers for backup quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Harlan said he had not spoken with Thompson since the GM left for a scouting trip on Tuesday afternoon.

“If (a trade) was that close, (Thompson) would have called us by now,” Harlan said.
Thompson presented his monthly report to the Packers’ board of directors during its regular meeting on Tuesday morning and then left town. He is not scheduled to return until Friday night.

The subject of Moss came up during Tuesday’s meeting, but Thompson didn’t indicate a deal was about to be made.

“No, not at all,” Harlan said. “And he would have told that group if it was that close.”

The trade, according to the Herald’s source, would have the Packers sending Rodgers and a seventh-round draft pick in 2008 to the Raiders for Moss, tight end Courtney Anderson and a conditional 2009 draft pick that would depend on how well Rodgers played for the Raiders in 2007 and 2008.

[packers11]

im so fu!king lost ... its so aggravating... CAN TT just say what the hell he is going to do...

[GBRulz]

He did, he said "wild speculation". Which can mean, this rumor is 100% false. It can mean, this rumor is true. It's all speculation at this point.

TT was a politician in his former life.

[BF4MVP]

He did, he said "wild speculation". Which can mean, this rumor is 100% false. It can mean, this rumor is true. It's all speculation at this point.

TT was a politician in his former life.

True. Calling it "wild speculation" is by no means denying it.

[MJZiggy]

im so fu!king lost ... its so aggravating... CAN TT just say what the hell he is going to do...

Because then Davis reads his quote and gains bargaining power. The more confused you are, the more confused he is. Well, he's confused anyway, but he's still more shrewd than Millen so TT has to be a little sneaky. I like that in a GM.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Sources: Deal for Moss not imminent
Bob McGinn, JSO

The Green Bay Packers and Oakland Raiders are not close to a trade in which the Packers would acquire wide receiver Randy Moss, NFL sources familiar with the situation told the Journal Sentinel today.

Officials from both teams labeled as inaccurate a report written by Michael Felger of the Boston Herald quoting a source in Wisconsin that the two teams "are on the verge of announcing a trade that would send the troubled wide receiver to Green Bay in exchange for backup quarterback Aaron Rodgers."

"It's all a joke," a personnel man for one of the two clubs said.

"It's not true," said another personnel man for one of the two teams. "That's just stupid."

[Chevelle2]

for those sourcing TT "wild speculation" article, or harlan's "no trade is imminent" article.......they CANT say anything...it called TAMPERING

[esoxx]

Well, since the media didn't have the Brett Favre retirement story this off-season, with the numerous errorenous reports that he was or wasn't leaving...seems this has taken up the void in the same breathless, moronic fashion.

[packrulz]

I can't see TT doing this trade, it goes against his philosophy of building from within and through the draft. It also goes against Al Davis's nature. It's all bull.

[MJZiggy]

for those sourcing TT "wild speculation" article, or harlan's "no trade is imminent" article.......they CANT say anything...it called TAMPERING

It's not tampering if TT has the Raiders' permission to be talking to him with a trade in mind...

[Chevelle2]

for those sourcing TT "wild speculation" article, or harlan's "no trade is imminent" article.......they CANT say anything...it called TAMPERING

It's not tampering if TT has the Raiders' permission to be talking to him with a trade in mind...

Oh really?

http://packerforum.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=10315

This just in....

They interviewed the Boston Herald reporter who broke the story on the Madison's ESPN affiliate. He said his source has never been wrong and he fully expects denials until the deal is officially announced. By rule, they must deny it because of tampering. He also said it could be announced as early as tomorrow or it could be after the draft. He was born and raised in Milwaukee and that is how he has the Wisconsin source who he would not name.

[red]

for those sourcing TT "wild speculation" article, or harlan's "no trade is imminent" article.......they CANT say anything...it called TAMPERING

how the hell is it tampering?

its two teams (maybe) talking about a trade (maybe)

thats how every trade has ever been done

tampering would be green bay telling moss without the raiders knowing that he should throw a bitch fit so he gets released, then the pack would pick him up

[HarveyWallbangers]

http://packerforum.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=10315
This just in....

They interviewed the Boston Herald reporter who broke the story on the Madison's ESPN affiliate. He said his source has never been wrong and he fully expects denials until the deal is officially announced. By rule, they must deny it because of tampering. He also said it could be announced as early as tomorrow or it could be after the draft. He was born and raised in Milwaukee and that is how he has the Wisconsin source who he would not name.

Haven't we learned that believing everything somebody posts on a forum is dangerous to your health. There's a decent shot of a Moss trade happening. It wouldn't have been discussed in a meeting between Thompson and the Packers board. I have serious doubts that, if it does, it will look anything like the Herald article reports (Rodgers and pick(s) for Moss and Courtney Anderson). We'll see how close the final deal is to what actually transpires.