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near the magic kingdom
May 2002
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I purposefully didn't talk about Walker simply because he wasn't a good back when he was traded. He never lived up to the hype and how could Dallas pass up a dynasty making trade like the one they got from Minnesota.
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
And was Bettis a star before he was traded? I don't remember that.
I think generally star backs are not dealt unless the dealing team thinks they are overrated or just not worth it.
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Don't know if Bettis was considered a star, but he was a 1000 yard rusher his first 2 seasons and then the Rams didn't use him as much in his third year before trading him to Pittsburgh. At the time, I remember wondering why the Rams traded away a good back.
Got the info on the Faulk trade, at least from one perspective just after it happened.
http://www.stlsports.com/articles/mh.4.99.3.faulk.html
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Conrad Brunner of the Indianapolis Star/News writes: "major trades rarely are a simple matter, and this one certainly was not. The Colts had a number of reasons for pulling the trigger on Thursday's deal, but the most compelling involved money. Faulk wanted a lot more than he was making, and the franchise was not in a position to make him happy".
"He demanded a trade, but made it clear to the Colts that he would not report to training camp without a new contract. This is now a problem for the Rams to address""
When asked about the trade, Colts owner Jim Irsay said: "We knew Marshall was not coming to camp, but a bigger factor was the money issue. The move had several key ingredients: We (the Colts) were already over the salary cap this year and we will be immensely over the cap next year. Plus Marshall will be going into his sixth season."
OK, OK, I know what your saying. These are all quotes from the Indianapolis area. Sour grapes, right? Jealousy. Envy They do not want to admit they made a mistake, right?
Well, ESPN's Chris Mortensen, a well known NFL insider made these remarks on the Faulk trade: "If you'd told me a week ago, I'd have been surprised by this deal. As soon as we all realized that (the Colts) were willing to move Faulk, we checked into it: that is about what (other NFL) teams felt about his value".
"There was not a good market for Marshall Faulk, which tells you the market doesn't trust him either."
"Knowing Bill Polian (Colts' President), I believe that he was absolutely convinced Marshall Faulk was going to miss training camp. And Bill's history with running backs who miss training camp is that they tend to get hurt and are not productive. I also don't think that the Colts staff was convinced that Faulk could duplicate last season".
Just like completing your 1040 Form, let's go straight to the bottom line
It is now painfully obvious that the Rams' mission is to sign Marshall Faulk. Bluntly, it MUST be done, period-and Marshall Faulk knows it. |
To sum up, just a matter of Indy not being able to pay him money and not wanting a hold out when they could have James in the draft.
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reismark
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Paragon of Virtue
Jan 1970
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GOD****INGDAMMIT
Why can't we stop McAllister? Why? Why?
And while I'm at it, why can't we sustain a ****ing drive without turning the ball over...
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02-11-2003 06:47
. And you can see when McNabb hasn't been able to run his game has suffered. He isn't that great a passer, but his passing game gets better if he is considered a threat to take off and run.
. McNabb isn't as good when he doesn't run a bit. If he stays in the pocket, he is exposed as the mediocre passer he is (like in the beginning of this year).
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Actually I should root for the Charger, but they- well- suck.
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