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Rotoworld.com (via Chris Mortensen on ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown) states that the Miami Dolphins could part ways with running back Ronnie Brown before the start of the regular season.
Huh? Mortensen is probably Bill Parcells’ mouthpiece here, and the Tuna may be trying to drum up interest. Brown has struggled in the preseason after ACL surgery, but is only 26. While Ricky Williams supplanting Brown as a starter is possible, we wouldn’t expect any trade. We would expect Brown’s precarious fantasy value to take a hit as his stock in the organization is dimming.
I would be shocked as well. It’s never an ideal situation when a running back has to bounce back from ACL surgery, but given Brown’s age and productivity before his injury, there’s no reason for the Dolphins to dump him now. It’s an interesting rumor though.
Update: Coach Sparano said there was no chance that the Dolphins would trade Ronnie Brown.
According to the Arizona Republic, the Cardinals have denied wide receiver Anquan Boldin’s request for a trade.
Drew Rosenhaus made the first request in the spring, although Boldin denied asking for a trade. Team officials, however, confirmed that request, and sources close to the situation said Rosenhaus recently asked them again to trade Boldin or allow Rosenhaus to shop for a deal.
The Cardinals’ stance remains unchanged, according to a team spokesman. They have no intention of trading Boldin and are hopeful of signing him to a contract extension.
Rosenhaus declined comment, but a source close to negotiations said Boldin is unhappy, does not talk to coach Ken Whisenhunt and wants out of Arizona. It’s possible Boldin could walk out of training camp, the source said, even though he is under contract for three more years and subject to fines of $15,000 a day.
Boldin said he believes Whisenhunt became too involved in negotiations.
“At this point we have no relationship, and I don’t see that changing,” Boldin told NFL Network on Monday. “It’s just gotten to a point where I think lines were crossed. If you ask me, coaches should be coaches, management should be management, and I don’t think those lines should be crossed. But when you cross those lines, you put yourself in position for things like this to happen.”
Even though he’s dealing with a hamstring injury, Boldin’s situation might open the door for rookie Early Doucet, who runs excellent routes and has good hands. Of course, Doucet would be more effective in the slot with Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald on the outsides.
It’ll be interesting to see what the conclusions will be to Boldin and Rams’ running back Steven Jackson’s contract situations. Both cases look rocky right now.
Bengals.com thinks there’s reason to believe that Chad Johnson’s shoulder injury is worse than first believed after the team re-signed troubled receiver Chris Henry.
A signing indicates that Chad Johnson’s sprained shoulder is serious enough that they look to be preparing for the possibility that Johnson could be sidelined for several weeks. Although Johnson insisted Monday night he’ll be back for the opener.
But that’s not the only injury that has clouded the receiver picture in the last 48 hours. There is also rookie receiver Andre Caldwell’s sprained foot and T.J. Houshmandzadeh’s hamstring. He’s 50-50 at best to play in his first preseason game Saturday night against the Saints, and the Bengals could be forced to sign a receiver in addition to Henry.
Not good. The usually explosive Bengals’ offense not only has injury concerns at wide receiver, but the running back position is also unsettled with Rudi Johnson, Chris Perry and Kenny Watson all battling for the starting job. Throw in a below average defense and the Bengals could be in for another down year.
During a recent broadcasting, Dodgers’ play by play announcer Vin Scully made reference that Manny Ramirez has helped Jeff Kent hit better since he was acquired from Boston at the trade deadline.
But you see Jeff Kent doesn’t need help. Jeff Kent is the greatest baseball player known to man and how dare Vin Scully think other wise.
Below is what Kent said to L.A. Times columnist T.J. Simers in response to Scully’s comments.
“We all love you, Vin,” Kent added with a mischievous grin, “but you still talk too much.”
“Scully is making the same point everyone else is making,” I said. “He says the stats indicate you are having success hitting behind Ramirez — tell me that isn’t the case.”
“See my answer to the first question,” said Kent, and sometimes you wonder if he sleeps with his bed against a wall forcing him to always wake up on the wrong side. “Listen, I’m so tired of talking about this stuff. It diminishes my whole career and all the hard work. I take it as an insult.
“I’m 40. You don’t get better when you are 40.”
“It’s so pathetic,” he said. “You guys write about things happening in a week’s time. That’s why we don’t like you. Baseball is a six-month game.”
“What did I hit last year? Without Manny? How do you explain that? What’s my career average? What will I be hitting at the end of this season?”
“Manny was only hitting .300 in Boston with 20 home runs,” Kent said, as a prelude to the sarcastic kicker. “And he’s doing way better than that here — so I’m helping Manny.”
“I’ve been here four years and I have never seen Vin Scully down here in the clubhouse,” Kent said. “How does Vin Scully know me? How does Vin Scully know Derek Lowe?”
“Everyone says I’m hitting now because some guy says so on TV?” he says, and first time someone has ever called Scully “some guy.”
Later in the article, Kent does say that there’s no question Manny “has given this team new life with another hitter in the middle of the lineup.” So if you’re Kent, why not say that first? Why be snarky and somewhat disrespectful to a legend like Vin Scully for making a simple observation? (Not only that, but a spot on observation, too.)
Hey Kent, calling Vin Scully “some guy” diminishes his whole career and all of his hard work, too. But F Vin Scully right? The nerve of him to say you hit better with protection in the lineup…
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