Breaking News: Trent Green traded to the Dolphins

After almost three months of trade negotiations the Kansas City Chiefs finally broke down and agreed to trade disgruntled quarterback, Trent Green to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a 2008 fifth-round draft pick that could become a fourth-rounder if he hits playtime incentives.

Green, who turns 37 in July, will be allowed to participate in this weekend's Dolphins minicamp that begins on Friday, where he will battle it out with Dolphin's quarterback, Daunte Culpepper for the rights as the teams starting QB. It seems as though Culpepper isn't completely healthy from his knee injury and if that is true then Green would be the starter with Cleo Lemon as his backup and Dolphin's second round draft pick, John Beck serving as the third string option.

Culpepper is not going to be happy about this news, as just a few days ago he told reporters that if the Dolphins did indeed add Green to their roster he would ask to be traded or released. He also came out publically saying that he is the quarterback of this team until someone tells him otherwise.

"I hear things but it doesn't really matter who says what," Culpepper said in response to the umpteenth question about Green possibly becoming a Dolphin. "For anybody to come in here and think this is going to be peaches and cream, it's not. "They've told me the same thing they've always told me: Do your job. I'm the quarterback of this team until somebody tells me different."

Ahh, the plot thickens...

The Chiefs are dumb.

The Kansas City Chiefs are dumb, like really dumb. According to NFL.com's Adam Schefter, the Chiefs are considering moving Pro-Bowl runningback, Larry Johnson. Johnson, who in my opinion, is the second best runningback in the NFL, behind only LaDainian Tomlinson and has rushed for 3,539 yards and 37 touchdowns in the past two seasons.

What would prompt the Chiefs to officially put the 27-year old runningback on the trade block? Well he is on the final year of his contract and with the salary-cap "skyrocketing", Johnson asking price, and rightfully so, would be far more than the Chiefs to bare. But seriously, I mean the guy is amazing, he is a premier power-back with breakaway speed and although he only has 28 starts under his belt, he does have 892 rushes but he has proven that he is plenty capable of still rushing the ball 25+ times each game without tiring. And the back-to-back 1700+ rushing yards isn't too shabby. What i'm basically saying is, he is the type of player that you break the bank for. I'm sure his asking price will far surpass the 8-year $60 million that was granted to the reigning MVP, but Johnson is worth it.

The Chiefs have reportedly contacted many teams about acquiring LJ, including the Cleveland Browns, the Green Bay Packers, the Tennessee Titans, the Buffalo Bills and possibly other teams as well. But they have yet to find someone willing to meet their demands and willing to give him a huge contract. One NFL general manager went as far as to say that Johnson was "untradeable-- who will pay that contract demand?" Trust me, if they are serious about parting with Johnson, someone will bite, no doubt about it.

Also, Kansas City is reportedly looking to draft a running back in the first day of the draft, some players at the top of their list are:

1. Marshawn Lynch CAL (I expect him to be gone by #12 but he is a great combo of speed and power and has teams like the Bills and Packers drooling. He could become a hot commodity this weekend, meaning teams trying to trade up once Adrian Peterson is gone[which shouldn't be later than 9])
2. Antonio Pittman OSU (He could be a sleeper this draft, right now he is projected to go in the 2nd round but his value is rising fast. He is a power guy and was the go to guy, yes over the Heisman winner, when Ohio State needed a big play.)
3. Lorenzo Booker FSU (At one time he was the top rated running back coming out of High School but he's hasn't proven he can carry the load and was more of a dual back. He's very fast and is a pretty good receiver out of the backfield ala Brian Westbrook, but not quite is good right now.)
4. Kolby Smith LOU (Kolby Smith was behind star RB, Michael Bush until Bush broke his leg in the first game of the season and he shined with 862 yards and 7 TDs.)

The possibility of Green to the Dolphins is "still likely".

According the Palm Beach Post, all that stands in the way of the Miami Dolphins acquiring veteran quarterback, Trent Green, is a restructured contract. If all sides can work out a deal then the former Pro-Bowl QB will be sent to Miami in exchange for a 2007 7th round draft pick. The 36-year old QB was injured in the Chiefs' first game against the Cincinnati Bengals when he collided, head first, with Bengal's defensive end, Robert Geathers. He sat out majority of the season with that severe concussion and in his absence emerged Damon Huard. Huard threw for 1,878 yards, 11 touchdowns and just 1 touchdown. I know, impressive right? That hell of half season earned him the nickname "Meast" given to him by a huge group of followers(ok, just two people and Meast is short for Man/Beast, yeah, sounded much better right before I went into )

Trent Green was less than spectacular in his return, throwing for just 1,342 yards, 7 touchdowns and 9 interceptions in 8 games. The Dolphins want Green for another insurance policy for Daunte Culpepper, who rushed back from his injury(tore ACL, MCL, PCL and all the other "CL's") and was finally benched after 4 miserable games. It is still a suspect on whether Culpepper will be ready to go at the start of the 2007 season, and he should, I mean he's had almost two full years to recover. Green would likely get the starting job if he isn't ready to go over Cleo Lemon who started the Dolphin's final game.