A look at some items out of the AFC and NFC East:
- The Dolphins have replaced Mike Pouncey with Daniel Kilgore, but they do not believe that they have lost an elite center. “Mike was maybe the best or second-best center in the league two or three years ago,” a team source told Armando Salguero of The Miami Herald. Kilgore, they feel, will give Miami a bump in run blocking, but not necessarily in pass protection. He also brings more size to the position and is something of an iron addict whereas Pouncey was never an enthusiastic weight room guy.
- New Dolphins defensive end Robert Quinn says he was “pretty much shocked, honestly” upon learning that he had been traded from the Rams to the Dolphins (Twitter links via Salguero). “It’s like this, this is the first time I’ve been traded. You commit yourself to someone and you have your family turn their back on you,” Quinn said. Quinn, 28 in May, racked up 8.5 sacks in 15 games for L.A. last season. He has 62.5 career sacks to his credit, dating back to 2011. The Bucs and Browns also explored trades for Quinn before he was shipped to Miami.
- Defensive end Kony Ealy and the Cowboys remain in talks, Clarence Hill of the Star Telegram tweets. However, it might take a couple of days before a decision is made.
Tired of hearing players being upset when they are traded especially since players tend to leave via free agency without batting an eye. This applies to all the major sports industries
It has to do with personal control. Being traded is even more alien than just being fired, cut or laid off. It also reeks of the days of serfdom and chattel slavery. Yes, yes, it’s a part of professional sports, but there are reasons why it’s limited to that area and is not something that happens in any other field of endeavor that I can think of since the end of the Studio Era in Hollywood with its exclusive 7-year contracts and stars like Bette Davis being farmed out to other studios with no say in the matter.
What the hell are you two talking about?