Report: Rams have discussed trading for McNabb 
Posted by Michael David Smith on March 2, 2010 12:58 PM ET

If the St. Louis Rams trade for one of the Philadelphia Eagles' quarterbacks, most people assume that quarterback will be Michael Vick. But a report out today says that quarterback might actually be Donovan McNabb.

Bryan Burwell of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports, citing "more than one well-informed source," that "the Rams have had intense internal conversations with the Philadelphia Eagles about a trade for Pro Bowler Donovan McNabb."

Burwell's report is a bit confusing, especially the part about "internal conversations with the Philadelphia Eagles." If the conversations were "internal," then how could they have been "with the Philadelphia Eagles"?

It's also worth noting that Burwell's colleague Bernie Miklasz pronounced himself "skeptical" of Burwell's report. And Miklasz tweeted that Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo denied having any conversations with the Eagles about McNabb.

But while there's room for confusion in the phrasing and room for skepticism about how likely McNabb is to end up in St. Louis, Burwell's report doesn't leave much wiggle room on its fundamental point: Multiple well-informed sources say the Rams have discussed trading for McNabb.

Burwell says Rams haven't talked to the Eagles, yet 
Posted by Mike Florio on March 2, 2010 8:09 PM ET

Earlier today, Bryan Burwell of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that "the Rams have had intense internal conversations with the Philadelphia Eagles about a trade for Pro Bowler Donovan McNabb." MDS wondered about the curious wording; how could the Rams have "intense internal conversations" with an external party?

As it turns out, they haven't.

In an appearance with our pal Mike Gill (fellow WVU grad) of 97.3 ESPN Radio in Atlantic City, Burwell clarified the situation.

"Let me start right off by saying, I hate to do this but my copy desk screwed up my copy," Burwell said. "I did not say that the Philadelphia Eagles and the Rams were having intense conversations. . . . What I wrote -- and I just noticed it while I'm reading my column now and I went, 'Holy crap, I didn't say that' -- what I initially wrote was that the Rams were having intense internal conversations about [acquiring] Philadelphia Eagle Donovan McNabb."

That sound in the distance is a bus running over the Post-Dispatch copy desk.

Still, it all makes sense, even though the online version of the article, as of this posting, has not been revised. So for anyone who hasn't heard Burwell's explanation or read about it here, they're likely still shaking their heads and wondering how in the hell the Rams have had "intense internal discussions" with any person employed by a team other than the Rams.