Trade Bait

Sports Agent Drew Rosenhaus

Bengals WR Chad Johnson said he was going to be quiet this off season and not talk about getting traded to another team.  And so far Chad is staying true to his word.  But that doesn't mean that his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, is going to be quiet.  Reports are surfacing saying that Drew has sent a letter to all 32 teams that some of his players, including Chad Johnson, could be traded for the right price.  I wouldn't read too much into that though.  If you think about it, about 95% of the players in the NFL could be had for the right price.  Obviously, Anquan Boldin wants to be traded, Chad wanted to be traded last year, and Plaxico Burress has legal issues with the New York Giants and the New York City police.  

If you take a look at the whole report, it says that Drew Rosenhaus sent a letter to all 32 NFL teams letting them know which players  he was representing for this upcoming free agency period, and which players he was representing for the upcoming NFL Draft.  Then he threw in the three WR's that could be had via trade.  Other than the trade section of this letter, it seems like common practice for agents to let teams know who they are representing.  And apparently the Giants didn't give Drew permission to shop Plaxico Burress around, according to this ESPN.com story.....

"One source told the Star-Ledger that Giants assistant GM Kevin Abrams informed the rest of the league that the team had not given Rosenhaus the authority to pursue a trade on Burress' behalf. Another source told the paper that Rosenhaus sent a second e-mail Tuesday to tell teams he doesn't have permission to see a trade for Burress, Boldin or Johnson."