You've gotta love how "trade rumors" work, especially during Super Bowl week.
Here's how the latest nonsense came about: Last Friday, Jim Carty, a columnist for the Ann Arbor News in Michigan, wrote a piece suggesting that the Lions, instead of using the #2 pick in April's draft on Brady Quinn, should instead trade the pick to the Eagles for Donovan McNabb.
Carty sites no inside information that such a move is in the works or has even been discussed or thought of by the teams involved. All he has to go on is that he, personally, would like to see the Lions make that move. Hell, if I were a Lions fan, I would too.
It's now on just about every sports site, as a "rumor," that a McNabb/Quinn trade may actually happen. It's always been my general understanding that a "trade rumor" is something that is under consideration by one or both teams. When it's merely something a small-town sportswriter thinks might be a good idea, that's not a "trade rumor." That's a "trade suggestion."
I personally would absolutely love it if the Vikings traded their fifth round pick in this year's draft to New England for Tom Brady. Now that I've mentioned it, does that mean there are now "rumors" of such a deal taking place?
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