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Pettine said when the trade rumors broke Sunday morning before the Cardinals game, "it was the equivalent to throwing a grenade in the locker room.''

Again. It affected the team so much that they were up thirteen points at halftime.

It is a convenient excuse for Pettine to use to explain why the team lost.

well the excrement started at halftime when pettine said, "We'll get him calmed down a little bit in the second half."

mac: Is this an article? No link...

...the board police are checking for links. [/color]

Fact - Farmer wasnt trying to trade Joe Thomas. Denver called and wanted to trade for Farmer.

Why would Farmer leak it or stay it in the locker room before the game.

This is why I need to read stuff myself - sort out the REAL FACTS not what posters say are FACT.

Rapoport also reports that Thomas specifically asked the Browns to explore trade possibilities. And that will raise eyebrows in Cleveland, given that this specific news makes Thomas look like a liar.

Wow! What a cheap shot.

Now, all the closet Joe T haters will be out in force. Great!

So he asked for possible trade, or he didn't?

I can't fault him, just prefer not to think of Joe Thomas a liar cause he continues to keep saying he wants to be here, see the turnaround and etc etc. At this point, I couldn't possibly think a thought as it indeed turning around, or of a player of his caliber - wanting to be here either.

Now, all the closet Joe T haters will be out in force. Great!

Schaffer added that there is accuracy to the notion that Thomas didn’t want to leave Cleveland.

“Everything Joe said about wanting to be a Brown is 100 percent true,” Schaffer said. “It was when he said it and it still is today.”

Of particular surprise to rival execs was the fact that Kruger -- who almost surely will be cut by 2016 given his high salary, decreased role and lack of interest in restructuring his deal to stay in Cleveland -- wasn't moved. The Browns would have eaten a good chunk of the roughly $4 million left on his deal, sources said, but wanted a fourth-round pick for him. They were looking for similar compensation for Mingo, a former first-round pick who will also likely be gone by next year as well. The 49ers were shopping much of their offensive and defensive lines, sources said, including left tackle Joe Staley, but did not get close on much.

For all that was made of the Broncos' supposed late rush for Browns star left tackle Joe Thomas, sources said that the sides never overcame a philosophical difference about including a 2017 first-round pick in the trade and there was no late push. In this case, however, given Thomas's play and import to the Browns, rival execs were not surprised by the cost of acquiring him.

THIS IS INTERESTING...click on the link and read the above sentences and it reads

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Schaffer added that there is no accuracy to the notion that Thomas wanted to leave Cleveland.

“Everything Joe said about wanting to be a Brown is 100 percent true,” Schaffer said. “It was when he said it and it still is today.”

The word "no" appears before the word "accuracy"...

...king of changes the meaning a bit.

THIS IS INTERESTING...click on the link and read the above sentences and it reads

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Schaffer added that there is no accuracy to the notion that Thomas wanted to leave Cleveland.

“Everything Joe said about wanting to be a Brown is 100 percent true,” Schaffer said. “It was when he said it and it still is today.”

The word "no" appears before the word "accuracy"...

...kind of changes the meaning a bit.

And right away its that Scumbag Farmer who planted that to make Joe look bad and him good. Gee...any bias in there Peanut Butter?

Elway or Farmer...

I seriously doubt that Elway's worried about getting fired...

...on the other hand, the guy that tried to trade Joe Thomas....the Farm Guy, he might be a little concerned, even though he's trying to act like he isn't.

Just look what Farmer has done for the Browns and his results...nuff said.

I have been thinking about that. But why stop at 6'5? Why not grab Tristan Thompson or better yet, Sasha Kahn. Tell them to run 5 yards and turn around. They post up. Toss it high. Unstoppable. Great for the red zone but more methodically down field. How is that stopped? How would that guy not average 50 receptions for 250 yards every game? Yes, an exaggeration but still.

Please, just stop the talk that Farmer tried to trade Joe. That isn't the case. If Farmer had wanted to trade Joe, we would have had 31 willing takers.

Agent: Trade talks never addressed Joe Thomas contract

In response to a report from NFL Media that the Browns didn’t trade left tackle Joe Thomas to the Broncos because Thomas wanted guaranteed money in 2016 and 2017, the man responsible for the contract of Joe Thomas has gone on the record to strongly deny the suggestion that Thomas would be a Bronco if the Broncos were willing to ensure that he’d be paid all or part of his base salary for the next two years.

“There’s not one truth to it,” agent Peter Schaffer told PFT by phone on Sunday morning. “The deal just didn’t happen. [The teams] couldn’t agree to compensation. . . . The word ‘guarantee’ never came up. It never got to that point.”

Arguably, a guarantee of any future pay wouldn’t have been necessary. It’s unlikely that the Broncos would have given up a first-round pick and more for a guy they’d cut after only part of one season. Besides, if the Broncos did cut Thomas, he’d become a free agent, able to sign with anyone — including the Browns. (So, basically, if a “guarantee” from the Broncos beyond 2015 would have gotten the deal done, the Broncos should have been willing to do it.)

Beyond the word “guarantee,” Schaffer says that there were no talks of any kind about the remaining three years of the contract, which pays Thomas $8.3 million in 2016, $8.8 million in 2017, and $8.8 million in 2018.

“I never asked for any re-do of the contract,” Schaffer said. “The Broncos never asked to do anything with the contract. We never asked for guaranteed money. The whole thing is made up.”

Schaffer offered this blanket assessment of the report, which included a claim that Thomas asked the Browns to explore trade options: “I can assure you 1 million percent that nothing [Rapoport is] saying is true.”

Schaffer pointed out that Rapoport didn’t contact Schaffer or Thomas for verification of the story.

“I wish that before people would put stories out they would try to confirm that there is some accuracy to it,” Schaffer said.

Schaffer added that there is accuracy to the notion that Thomas didn’t want to leave Cleveland.

“Everything Joe said about wanting to be a Brown is 100 percent true,” Schaffer said. “It was when he said it and it still is today.”

All that matter is that Thomas is still is a Brown today. Whether the team keeps him for the next three years remains to be seen. For now, Schaffer insists that Thomas doesn’t want to leave, that Thomas didn’t want to leave, and that his potential departure didn’t hinge in any way on Thomas wanting guaranteed salary beyond the current season.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/201...homas-contract/

It wouldn't surprise me if the snake Farmer leaked false information to make Joe look bad.