if they expect the giants to give all this up....& the giants are out of their mind if they do it....
April 22, 2009
Kiwanuka and a first? Are they insane?
I?ve told you before that the Cleveland Browns really wanted Mathias Kiwanuka from the Giants in return for Braylon Edwards, which was and is never going to happen, from what I?ve been told. It was perfectly reasonable for the Browns to ask for him, though.
If only they had stopped there.
According to ESPN?s Sal Paolantonio, the Browns? initial demand for Edwards wasn?t just Kiwanuka. They wanted Kiwanuka AND the Giants? first-round draft pick.
As you might imagine, the talks stopped there.
I don?t know how long the Browns held onto that dream, or even if they still think the Giants will ? oh, I don?t know ? maybe all show up high to their war room on Saturday. But if that?s really what they asked for, then you have to start questioning whether they ever wanted to make a deal in the first place. It also explains why several team sources continue to tell me that a deal isn?t as likely to happen as several reports have led all of us to believe.
At the moment, it appears that a deal won?t happen unless the Browns drop their current demands ? a first- and a third-rounder, from what I?ve been told ? or GM Jerry Reese agrees to deal the Giants? first-round pick, which he has apparently been resisting, as I told you earlier.
Kiwanuka and the 29th overall pick ? Why not toss in the Super Bowl XLII trophy, too? Or maybe a PSL to the new stadium. There are still a few of those available, from what I hear.
April 22, 2009
Kiwanuka and a first? Are they insane?
I?ve told you before that the Cleveland Browns really wanted Mathias Kiwanuka from the Giants in return for Braylon Edwards, which was and is never going to happen, from what I?ve been told. It was perfectly reasonable for the Browns to ask for him, though.
If only they had stopped there.
According to ESPN?s Sal Paolantonio, the Browns? initial demand for Edwards wasn?t just Kiwanuka. They wanted Kiwanuka AND the Giants? first-round draft pick.
As you might imagine, the talks stopped there.
I don?t know how long the Browns held onto that dream, or even if they still think the Giants will ? oh, I don?t know ? maybe all show up high to their war room on Saturday. But if that?s really what they asked for, then you have to start questioning whether they ever wanted to make a deal in the first place. It also explains why several team sources continue to tell me that a deal isn?t as likely to happen as several reports have led all of us to believe.
At the moment, it appears that a deal won?t happen unless the Browns drop their current demands ? a first- and a third-rounder, from what I?ve been told ? or GM Jerry Reese agrees to deal the Giants? first-round pick, which he has apparently been resisting, as I told you earlier.
Kiwanuka and the 29th overall pick ? Why not toss in the Super Bowl XLII trophy, too? Or maybe a PSL to the new stadium. There are still a few of those available, from what I hear.
