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| BaLLooN NoT | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 4:27 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | just like the other threads all trades & shit like that will be posted here... unless its a HUGE deal or somthing involving the Jets or Giants... McNown gets fresh start in Miami -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Len Pasquarelli ESPN.com Two seasons of subpar play and a three-week bargain basement fire sale culminated on Wednesday afternoon when the Chicago Bears dealt quarterback Cade McNown to the Miami Dolphins for at least one future draft choice. A deal was hardly unexpected, since new Bears general manager Jerry Angelo has been shopping the team's 1999 first-round draft choice for weeks in trade talks, and Miami was the only team willing to part with even a low-round pick for his services. McNown Because the Dolphins do not have a seventh-round choice in the 2002 draft, the terms of the deal have not yet been finalized. There are several scenarios in which compensation varies, and at least one of them includes a conditional choice or choices in the 2003 draft. "It's a good deal for Cade because it's a fresh start in a place where he doesn't bring any of the baggage people perceived him to have in Chicago," agent Tom Condon said. "As the thing played out, we were hoping it would be Miami. I think what they do offensively suits his strengths pretty well." The Dolphins were among the first teams to indicate interest in McNown, who was never really a good fit with the Bears and who frequently irked his teammates with his on-field performance and his off-field demeanor. Some of the others clubs to whom Angelo spoke in recent days had broken off trade discussions assuming Chicago would have no market for McNown and would eventually release him. A former UCLA standout, McNown, 24, was the 12th overall player chosen in the 1999 draft, and the last of five quarterbacks selected in the first round that year. Chicago traded down twice in the first round, having targeted McNown, and actually passed on another quarterback, Daunte Culpepper. From the outset, though, the marriage between McNown and the Bears was a rocky one and it became apparent in training camp this summer a divorce was in the best interests of both parties. Because Angelo has no ties to the drafting of McNown, he clearly harbored neither loyalties to the quarterback nor qualms about giving up on him. McNown seems a better fit for a Miami offense in which coordinator Chan Gailey likes mobile quarterbacks. McNown will be third on the depth chart, behind Jay Fiedler and Ray Lucas, but could figure into the Dolphins' future plans. The departure of McNown via trade means the Bears will have to assume a salary cap hit of about $3.1 million. The quarterback is a bargain for Miami, since his base salaries through the 2005 season are at the league minimums, including $389,000 this year. In his two years, McNown has played in 25 games and started 15 of them. He completed 281 of 515 passes for 3,111 yards, with 16 touchdown passes and 19 interceptions.  E-Mail = E-Mail Me AIM = OABaLLooNNoT | ||||
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