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FRISCO - There are "rumors." There is "buzz." There are "predictions." There are "educated guesses."
And then, at the opposite end of the spectrum polluting what is sometimes actually valuable information in the NFL's "silly season," there is whatever spewed out of Cleveland Wednesday afternoon. What comes to mind when we heard the "report" that the Dallas Cowboys are supposedly negotiating a trade to send quarterback Dak Prescott to the Browns?
Uncredible. Unsubstantiated. Unresearched. Literally, unbelievable.
We'd love to give Cleveland old-timer Bruce Dennan's ridiculous report the treatment it deserves and totally ignore it. Alas, these are the Cowboys and every time Jerry Jones acts - or doesn't act at all - there is a national reaction to it.
Said Dennan in a deathly serious tone right out of Walter Cronkite's playbook, "Get ready for this one. I got a pretty darn good source within the Browns organization, couple of them ... the Browns are negotiating as we speak with the Dallas Cowboys for a trade for Dak Prescott."
Our Mike Fisher lays out three major reasons such a trade not only won't happen, but can't happen. And after calling around The Star to check out the story, NFL Network Cowboys reporter Jane Slater said she received answers of "fake news" and "absolutely not."
Wild speculation is always in play this time of year. Former Cowboys' receiver Dez Bryant, for example, said Tuesday night that he had a "feeling" Shedeur Sanders would be drafted by Dallas. But Dennan presented this trade as not a hunch or a take or projection, but as a fact whispered to him by a reliable source within the Browns organization.
We can only guess he did it for publicity, and it worked. Dennan's video has been viewed 1.1 million times. And sure enough, it's also getting the social media "attention" it deserves.
"Gotta love all these mf out here making up “source” posts to get attention," one fan wrote on Twitter.
Said another, "When was the last time Bruce broke a story? 1965?"
"I’ll bet you this doesn’t happen, Bruce," wrote a viewer of the video.
And one more wrote, "Lies. Just making up stuff."
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And then, at the opposite end of the spectrum polluting what is sometimes actually valuable information in the NFL's "silly season," there is whatever spewed out of Cleveland Wednesday afternoon. What comes to mind when we heard the "report" that the Dallas Cowboys are supposedly negotiating a trade to send quarterback Dak Prescott to the Browns?
Uncredible. Unsubstantiated. Unresearched. Literally, unbelievable.
We'd love to give Cleveland old-timer Bruce Dennan's ridiculous report the treatment it deserves and totally ignore it. Alas, these are the Cowboys and every time Jerry Jones acts - or doesn't act at all - there is a national reaction to it.
Said Dennan in a deathly serious tone right out of Walter Cronkite's playbook, "Get ready for this one. I got a pretty darn good source within the Browns organization, couple of them ... the Browns are negotiating as we speak with the Dallas Cowboys for a trade for Dak Prescott."
Our Mike Fisher lays out three major reasons such a trade not only won't happen, but can't happen. And after calling around The Star to check out the story, NFL Network Cowboys reporter Jane Slater said she received answers of "fake news" and "absolutely not."
Wild speculation is always in play this time of year. Former Cowboys' receiver Dez Bryant, for example, said Tuesday night that he had a "feeling" Shedeur Sanders would be drafted by Dallas. But Dennan presented this trade as not a hunch or a take or projection, but as a fact whispered to him by a reliable source within the Browns organization.
We can only guess he did it for publicity, and it worked. Dennan's video has been viewed 1.1 million times. And sure enough, it's also getting the social media "attention" it deserves.
"Gotta love all these mf out here making up “source” posts to get attention," one fan wrote on Twitter.
Said another, "When was the last time Bruce broke a story? 1965?"
"I’ll bet you this doesn’t happen, Bruce," wrote a viewer of the video.
And one more wrote, "Lies. Just making up stuff."
Continue reading...
