Bob McGinn : "It's all a joke" re: Moss trade

[CaliforniaCheez]

The parking lot is about as close as I want Moss to the frozen tundra.

Oakland works just fine for me.

Not in my neighborhood!!

[Kiwon]

The parking lot is about as close as I want Moss to the frozen tundra.

Oakland works just fine for me.

Not in my neighborhood!!

What? Oakland's got enough Bloods, Crips, and MS 13?

[woodbuck27]

'' The two teams have had preliminary dialogue but at this point the Packers consider Moss to be an economically unfeasible solution to their need for another receiver alongside Donald Driver and Greg Jennings.'' CaliforniaCheez

That is . . .the rest of the story.

That will be . . .the end of the story.

[CaliforniaCheez]

Re: Bob McGinn : "It's all a joke" re: Moss trade

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=578111

Packers, Raiders not close on Moss trade, sources say
By BOB MCGINN
bmcginn@journalsentinel.com
Posted: March 15, 2007
Green Bay - 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."

Felger, who covers the New England Patriots, is a native of Wisconsin and has friends in the state. His four-paragraph story appeared on the Herald Web site at mid-morning. Later, Felger added a paragraph indicating that a source close to Rodgers adamantly denied his report.

The Raiders rated Rodgers over Alex Smith before the 2005 draft. The only quarterback on their roster is Andrew Walter. Obviously, they need quarterbacks.

But earlier in the week an NFL source with knowledge of the Raiders told the Journal Sentinel that he doubted the team would have interest in Rodgers.

On Feb. 28, the Journal Sentinel reported that the two teams had been discussing Moss for a considerable length of time.

[It was Bob McGinn who wrote that "Sources close to the situation said the Packers had explored trading for Moss," I suspect one of the sources was the agent Bus Cook ]

On Tuesday, the Journal Sentinel reported that Packers GM Ted Thompson had spoken to Raiders owner Al Davis about a deal for Moss[Again a McGinn article said only "a source familiar with the inner workings of both organizations said Thompson had spoken directly with Raiders owner Al Davis about dealing for Moss."], and that the Raiders were confident about their ability to obtain a draft choice for Moss.[Taht is not true check the linked story in my previous thread]

In the last few days, however, other NFL sources said that Thompson is inclined just to wait out Davis with the expectation that the Raiders either will release Moss or trade him to Green Bay for a mid-to-late round draft choice.

Rodgers, a first-round draft choice in 2005, hasn't been impressive during two training camps and two appearances in the regular season. Also, in November, he suffered a broken left foot, an injury from which he apparently now is fully recovered.

Still, the Packers not only don't have another viable backup to Brett Favre, they also have no heir apparent. They definitely want to see more of Rodgers as they determine whether he can play.

The Packers probably wouldn't give up Rodgers to any team in exchange for a player that they seem convinced they can get on the cheap later on.

Thompson was on the road in Georgia on a scouting trip and unavailable for comment.

One or 2 sources really with the help of some journalists really had the story overblown.