Published 3/1/2008
by Russell Ivanac
at Bleacher Report - NFL
The salary-cap may have just saved Matt Millen. On the first day of free agency, The Detroit Lions seemed to have come to an agreement with the Cincinnati Bengals. They would send overweight defensive tackle Shaun Rogers in exchange for a third and fifth round pick in the upcoming draft. Needless to say, Detroit fans were not pleased. Yes, Shaun Rogers needed to go, but how could Detroit get virtually nothing for their former pro-bowl nose tackle? The trade made even less sense when you consider that Matt Millen can not draft well. Examples would be, Quarterback Joey Harrington, Wide Receiver Mike Williams, Wide Receiver Charles Rogers, and more recently last year's fourth round pick cornerback A.J. Davis who didn't even make the practice squad on a team with one of the worst defensive backfields in the NFL. So how come Big Baby isn't wearing Bengal strips? Apparently the deal didn't comply to some salary cap rules and the league shot it down. Cleavland wasted no time in jumping on the broken ...
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