Thursday, February 14, 2013

Throwback Thursday: Rumors

These ridiculous Percy Harvin trade/holdout rumors bouncing around the last few days remind me of the ridiculous rumors that bounced around about this time of the football year in 2005. That was when the rumor clearing house Pro Football Talk reported that the Minnesota Vikings were trading Randy Moss to the Oakland Raiders. I think that this scoop put the blossoming website on the football map. I was stunned by this Moss rumor. First of all, Moss was coming off an injury-plagued season. Because of that health question, I didn't think that it would be possible for the Vikings to get anywhere near fair value for Moss. Pretty much the only person in the league that would take a gamble on a supremely talented, injured player like Moss is Al Davis. There you go. Most importantly, I was under the impression that teams couldn't agree to trades until the start of the new league year. That was still a few weeks away. I was wrong. I didn't want the trade to happen and I couldn't understand how it could happen. Trading Moss. Not a chance.

The biggest difference between these two rumors is that one was true. When Pro Football Talk sprung the big news it wasn't as a rumor. They were reporting that this stupid trade was a done deal. They reported that the Vikings and Raiders had agreed to a trade that would be official as soon as they could legally make the trade. I always thought that talks, such as those that obviously took place between the two teams, were considered tampering. The particulars of the trade weren't immediately known. Pro Football Talk didn't have the scoop on that just yet. It was soon known to all that the Vikings were getting the Raiders 2005 1st round pick and linebacker Napoleon Harris. There was a 7th round pick involved as well. The Harvin rumors are based on nothing but speculation. No one from the Vikings, including Harvin, have said anything to validate the rumors. The Vikings haven't said that they are looking at a possible trade. Harvin hasn't said anything about wanting to be traded. It's ridiculous. For all I know, some idiot with a blog started the rumors. Now, I see newspapers from Seattle and San Francisco talking about the Seahawks and 49ers pursuing a trade for Harvin. It's crazy out there and the Vikings are probably laughing their asses off. Unlike Moss, Harvin won't be traded. Start that rumor! I have as much proof as anyone else. About the only thing that the rumors from 2005 and those from this year have in common is that the player in question is a receiver. Moss had worn out his welcome in Minnesota. Harvin is just getting started in Minnesota.

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