Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

90650. Brooks news (No toenail clipper info)
by UncleLenny, 2/25/04 11:38 ET
From wire reports:

Aaron Brooks of the New Orleans Saints the athletic five-year veteran was believed to be in transit to Cleveland last evening from Atlanta, Georgia.

Calls to representatives for Brooks, the New Orleans Saints, and Cleveland Browns have not been returned.

Ironically, it was Ron Wolf that headed-up the Green Bay front office and selected Brooks in the 1999 draft. Brooks was a fourth-round draft choice out of Virginia for the Packers. Brooks was dealt by the Packers to New Orleans for linebacker K.D. Williams and a third-round draft selection prior to the 2000 season.


http://www.cleveland.com/forums/browns/

E-L-I....????????

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

This has as much chance of happening as 08 has of becoming Saints GM this offseason (or any offseason for that matter).

The plain fact is that this is a rumor - nothing more. Its origin is probably on the NOLA forum, but the posters to the Cleveland forum are as bad about posting links as some of us are. UncleLenny, the author of the post above, admits that he got the info from a Saints forum.

Sounds like the work of some BrooksBashers to me.

[Edited on 25/2/2004 by ScottyRo]

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

How would such a deal be packaged?

Brooks to the Browns for pick #7 then we offer #7 and #18 to the Chargers?

I\'m not certain that the Chargers would take that deal. I\'d feel a lot better if we could talk the Raiders or Cardinals out of their first pick to go get Eli. I\'m just not sure that Brooks would generate that much interest on his own. Especially with Butch Davis--I just don\'t see Butch making a sacrificial trade for another over-hyped, under-performing QB.

Steelers might bite though....

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

...and to think one of our Moderators would promote this kinda stuff. Just makes ya wanna puke doesn\'t it? :casstet:

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

The beauty of a discussion board ..... ;)

Someone roll the window down for Saintsfan .... :P

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

aahh.. it\'s all clear to me now...
.... now I know why Benson was doing the Boogie at the end of the season....

...don\'t you get it????

..Peyton doesn\'t want to sign a contract in Indy.... the Colts cannot possibly keep the tag on him... he knows that...

Peyton is coming home!!!!

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

Oh my lord. Now it has progressed from Eli to Peyton. Unreal.

Saintfan - out of curiosity, where do you think this Brooks talk is coming from? You think that it is all simply unhappy Brooks Bashers just stirring the pot?

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

From my reading on the Cleveland forum, it seems to have originated on a Saints forum and I think it is likely that this was started by a Brooks Basher, but that doesn\'t necessarily have to be true. Anybody that dreamed it up would be willing to post it whether or not they are a fan of Brooks.

What I found most interesting was the debate on their forum about Brooks\' value. There are a few that think he\'s worth a 2d round pick, but most want to limit it to a third. Keeping that in mind, in a thread here about a possible trade with SD I seem to remember it being said that for us to get as high as we needed to get Eli, Brooks\' value would need to be mid 1st round. Cleveland fans see him as worth much less than that. They obviously see Brooks as an upgrade and are WOW\'d by his stats, but recognize that he has problems.

In the end I see this as a nothing but a rumor started by a fan which has no basis in either organization, but it does help us gain a little perspective on what other fans think of Brooks.

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

It\'s the Saintz08 ilk Whodat. If I wanna read BS I\'ll go to certain other boards where nonesense is posted regularly. I come here for something else. Is is just me or do other people recognize that 08\'s posts are almost always hypothetical? The man is a propaganda machine. He has an agenda and he uses this forum to promote it. It\'s all in good fun...I understand that...but jeesh. :casstet:

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

Libraries have to forms of books , fact or fiction .
Some go for the facts
Some go for the fiction

As a poster , I supply both and let you decide which to read .... ;)

Either way Saintsfan , your going to learn something ... ;)

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

Why is 08 the whipping boy on this board?

I wonder what might happen if more folks switched to decaff?

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

Historically , those who have challenged the minds of others have always been the whipping boy .

Noah looked like a real fool once too .... until his ark set sail ...:P

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

Are you comparing yourself to Noah? OMG...somebody go get the short bus and take this man somewhere where there are people who can help. Medication...that\'s what ya need 08...STRONG medication! :P

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

Thanks a lot Saintfan, I don\'t think I\'m ever going to get all the coca-cola mopped out of my keyboard. ;)

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

I will go with Christopher Columbus .

Setting course to a new world . A better world , few had the vision too see .... ;)

How about a short wagon ?? You can jump on too someday Saintsfan ........

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

I agree with you TOTALLY 08...

...thinkin\' about it, you\'re absolutely correct!

A drunk Italian attempting to Sail around the globe, but finding land haflway while all along thinking he\'d made the entire journey...further claiming to have \"discovered\" what others found long before he did.

Yessir indeedy. I\'d say that\'s about right! :P

Now then...do any of us REALLY think for a tenth of a second that the Saints will trade Brooks? Anyone? Bueller?

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/columbus.html

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

Columbus set sail trying to find a western route to trade with India. Sailing around the globe? Sort of, not really.

Columbus was right about one thing - everything else doesn\'t matter, b/c that one thing changed the course of the history of HALF of the world. Here\'s to hoping 08 is right about Brooks. ;) hehehe

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

Whodat = Beuller...Who Knew? LOL

I have neither the time nor the brain cells left to spend pondering the senseless whodat. 08\'s agenda is as clear now as it has ever been. I give him points for being creative...entertaining even, but I wouldn\'t jump on that boat with him if I were you. :P

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

Senseless? That hurts Saintfan. ;) If I\'m Beuller, who does that make you? Mr. Rooney? ;) HA HA HA!

Brooks to the Browns - Rumor
 

Naw...I\'d be Sheen\'s Character...the only one in the move with half a brain. ;)

[Edited on 27/2/2004 by saintfan]