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News Page   8/6/08 Peregrines leading rusher canned The Chicago Ravens made two cuts on their roster so far during Phase II with PK Jeff Wilkins--who had recently announced his retirement--and WR Terry Glenn getting pink slips. The moves don't give the Ravens much more cap space, but do free up two much-needed roster spots for them to bring in young, quality talent in the MFL Draft. Down the road in Saint Louis, the Missouri Peregrines' leading rusher last year get the ax expectedly. RB Maurice Morris was released after the Grines came to acquire the services of RB LenDale White in the last few days. Morris scored only three touchdowns in 2007, which was good enough to lead the weakest rushing attack in the MFL. 8/2/08 Another busy day: Grines snag #5, Miami grabs Colston Two big deals occurred on Phase II Eve, one sending QB Drew Brees back to Pittsburgh for the third time and the other putting WR Marvin Harrison in Wisconsin. The more involved of the trades gave Brees and the #27 & #37 picks to the Spears for RB LenDale White and the #5 and #40 selections. The move gives Pitt a three-way race at quarterback and gives Missouri two first-round picks and a solid rusher to take over for Shaun Alexander. The other deal of the day was a one-for-one swap between Miami and Arkdale. The Aardvarks get the highly-coveted Harrison in exchange for young stud WR Marques Colston. It's a short-term win for Arkdale and a long-term win for the Mafia. In related Phase II news, D/ST Carolina was given the pink slip by Chicago, effective Sunday. Same goes for Pittsburgh RB DeAngelo Williams, who is no longer Pittsburgh RB DeAngelo Williams, but will now go by the name Free Agent RB DeAngelo Williams. 8/1/08 Dowagiac releases RB Rhodes, three others As Phase II approaches Sunday, the Dowagiac Chefs have announced that four players will receive pink slips. PK Jason Elam, RB LaMont Jordan and WR Mike Furrey will join RB Dominic Rhodes at the soup kitchen. Head coach Justin Bock also told the media that more cuts may be forthcoming. 8/1/08 Hold the MGD: MJD not dealt just yet Late Thursday night, MFL Impact Online reported that RB Maurice Jones-Drew had been traded to the Chicago Ravens for QB Derek Anderson. However, twenty-four hours have come and gone since the story first broke, yet no confirmed deal has hit Commissioner Drew Kuespert's desk. Thus, party time in Chicago has yet to begin. Scratch that: Murphy's Bleachers is offering shots of Malort for $3 on Sundays. 7/30/08 Dr. K: Was the original trade pointless? After the dust settled in what Tim Jones prophetically referred to as "shock[ing] the MFL" with the coup to land RB LaDainian Tomlinson once again, we step back to analyze this deal, along with its predecessor in January. Essentially, what we have is L.T. staying in Canton and Kevin Jones, Marc Bulger and Earnest Graham staying in Miami. Therefore, after combining the trades, here's the result: Canton gets Chris Chambers, Shayne Graham and the Mafia's 3rd Round pick, while Miami gets Kris Brown and the Cougars' 1st Round and two 2nd Round picks. Looks like a winner for the Mafia and Dave Wills. Nice job for a guy who rented L.T. for a few months to mow the grass at Dolphin Stadium. Canton doesn't come out as losers by any stretch of the imagination, either. One could easily assess that they "drafted" L.T. with their three '08 picks. Not sure they would have found anyone better in the short term. In addition, when (if?) they cut him at season's end, they'll have all that cap room to draft him next year for a bargain-basement price, like, say, $10 to $12 million. Now that Canton has settled in, what will Miami do? The Mafia now have three picks in the top 17 and tons of cash. Sounds like some maleficence will take place at the draft on Miami's part, don't you think? 7/30/08 Jones unable to attend Draft Because of a conflict in his schedule, Canton Cougars owner Tim Jones will not be in attendance during the 2008 MFL Draft this season. However, based on the megatrade that took place to snag RB LaDainian Tomlinson back from Miami, Jones needs not draft anyone at runningback nor has any picks to do so anyway. 7/30/08 Fallout: QB Clemons his bread line QB Kellen Clemons will not be a part of the Miami Mafia squad once Phase II begins on August 3. Clemons became expendable once the Mafia secured the rights to their former starter, Marc Bulger, in the most recent LaDainian Tomlinson trade. 
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