Eagles wanted to trade for Ron Dayne?

[footstepsfrom#27]

If this has already been posted in here I'm sorry...but this is the first I've heard of this. Wonder if it's true, and if so...is Tatum really running #2 still? Here's the link: http://nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/8775236

Dayne in, Clarett likely out in Denver


By Adam Schefter
NFL Analyst


Adam Schefter's "Around the League" reports and commentaries can be seen regularly on NFL Total Access.

(Aug. 26, 2005) -- When rookie running back Maurice Clarett passed up a signing bonus for contract incentives, he cost himself money and a job.

NFL Network

NFL Network

Analysis, opinions, features and more!


Field Pass

Listen to LIVE radio broadcasts of EVERY NFL game!
In the slot he was drafted, Clarett was entitled to receive $410,000 in signing bonus. But he rejected it, opting for $7 million worth of incentives, figuring he was good enough to earn it. Had Denver paid Clarett the money, it would have been more obligated to keep him than it is now. Now, Clarett is expected to be released if not in the Broncos' first-round of cuts, then certainly their second.

Clarett is expected to be one of the highest profile cuts in the NFL when the full cut lists become available on Aug. 30 and Sept. 4. And for now -- and events always are subject to change -- Denver has decided against placing Clarett on injured reserve, where he would have missed the coming season and had a chance to fully recover from the groin injury the running back claimed he incurred earlier this summer.

One of the biggest reasons Clarett is not expected to make it in Denver is the lack of maturity he demonstrated during the summer. He had a warped perception of his talents, thus bypassing a signing bonus for incentives. Clarett also agitated some of his teammates for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was conducting national TV interviews before he had accomplished anything on the field -- or even gotten on the field.

But just as Clarett created a buzz on draft day, he now will do the same on cut day. But with all the teams that were thought to like him on draft day -- Cleveland, Dallas, Jacksonville -- Clarett isn't expected to be out of work long. At least one is expected to claim him on waivers.

A GREAT DAYNE
One of the ironies of the situation is that Clarett got beat out for a job by another former Big 10 back that was written off in New York the way Clarett is now being written off in Denver.

This will come as a surprise to Giants fans, but former Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne has shined this summer in the way he was supposed to when New York made him a first-round draft choice. Dayne has run hard, authoritatively and with a sense of purpose.


Ron Dayne may have found a home in the Broncos backfield.
He is the Broncos' leading rusher this preseason, carrying the football 29 times for 143 yards, a 4.9 yards per carry average -- 1.4 yards per carry more than he averaged on his 585 attempts in five seasons in New York.

He has drawn so much attention that even the Philadelphia Eagles, who lost running back Correll Buckhalter this week to a season-ending injury, made trade inquiries for Dayne that Denver quickly rebuffed. Dayne, who is playing on a one-year deal in Denver, would have been a great fit in Philadelphia, but the Broncos now like him too much.

Right now, Mike Anderson is running as the Broncos' first-team running back, and Tatum Bell as the second-string running back. But the way he has looked this summer, Dayne is vying for playing time in a system that has turned running backs such as Olandis Gary and Reuben Droughns into stars.

ABOUT THE GOAT
Before Denver signed wide receiver Jerry Rice, the Greatest Of All Time, there were concerns about what the organization would have to do if it had to cut him. Fortunately, it won't. Rice will make the Broncos' final roster; he has been too impressive on, and off, the field this summer for Denver to release him.

Yet because Rice makes it, one less young wide receiver will not. Chances are it's last year's sixth-round draft pick, Triandos Luke, who also has served as a returner for Denver. But Rice will get to play his -- gasp! -- 21st NFL season. The GOAT just keeps on grazing.

[Drek]

I'd bet that Philly tried offering dirt for Dayne, something like a 5th to 7th rounder.

I don't see Clarett getting cut, but maybe if he's really being this much of a dumbass. I said at the draft that I'd rather of taken Brandon Jacobs, but Clarett can be a great back in our system if he'd just commit himself to it.

[footstepsfrom#27]

Shanny already said MoC would play against AZ, so speculation about him getting cut is premature. What if he rips off 100 plus on the Cards? All bets are off till we see him on the field. I see him on the PS but who knows.

[Tombstone RJ]

I wonder if the Broncos think that Clarrett is exagerating his hammy injury, and that is why they don't want him in IR.

[Dr. Broncenstein]

Sure, Andy.... Dayne for Dawkins....

[TheDave]

God would they please cut him already... Then maybe we can all stop speculating about our 5th string running back....

[Raidersbane]

I think MoC is already gone in Shanny's mind. The reason for playing him against AZ is if he shows some potential we may be able to wrangle a mid round draft pick for him instead just putting him on wavers and then cutting him......

[Broncoman13]

I thought about the Eagles as trade partners. That was when tons of people were talking about trading MA... what was that about a week ago..maybe less. MORONS!

[TheDave]

Originally Posted by Raidersbane

I think MoC is already gone in Shanny's mind. The reason for playing him against AZ is if he shows some potential we may be able to wrangle a mid round draft pick for him instead just putting him on wavers and then cutting him......

Were not going to get anything for this guy... He's been a public mental case for the last 2 years and sounds like this is continuing. We blew the last pick of the third round in hopes that we would get lightning in a bottle. It didn't happen. I'ld give him 90% of the carries next game just to spare the rest of our backs from any possible injury. After that release him and pretend the whole thing never happened.

[footstepsfrom#27]

Originally Posted by TheDave

Were not going to get anything for this guy... He's been a public mental case for the last 2 years and sounds like this is continuing. We blew the last pick of the third round in hopes that we would get lightning in a bottle. It didn't happen. I'ld give him 90% of the carries next game just to spare the rest of our backs from any possible injury. After that release him and pretend the whole thing never happened.

You're probably right, but what should Shanny do if he racks up a big time game next week? I thought they knew this kid was going to take some growing up when they took him and figured he was PS fodder for a year anyway. It would be ironic if we cut the guy after taking all this grief for drafting him and then he pops up elsewhere and turns into the next Corey Dillon. I just keep remembering him doing the Earl Cambell on Lesuer in camp. You never know.

[lookin' glass]

I agree with the drafting of Brandon Jacobs instead. Water under the bridge. Watching the players on the side lines yesterday, there was a lot of comradere. This is one of the areas I think Clarett really lacks. Last night was the first I'd heard of Shanahan saying he'd had to keep telling MoC about practicing. Interesting.

[maven]

Do you think we could trade MoC for a 3rd round pick in next year's draft?

[Bronco9798]

Originally Posted by maven

Do you think we could trade MoC for a 3rd round pick in next year's draft?

No

[footstepsfrom#27]

Originally Posted by lookin' glass

I agree with the drafting of Brandon Jacobs instead. Water under the bridge. Watching the players on the side lines yesterday, there was a lot of comradere. This is one of the areas I think Clarett really lacks. Last night was the first I'd heard of Shanahan saying he'd had to keep telling MoC about practicing. Interesting.

That was pretty disturbing...makes you wonder if the kid just gave up when he realized he wasn't going to start and get his big $$ incentives.