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August 26, 2006

Read with a trained eye...

Expect speculation.

With Deion Branch given the green light to negotiate with other teams over the next six days there will be musing about which teams would be interested in getting him.

This was in this morning's Minneapolis Star-Tribune..."With receiver Koren Robinson possibly facing a yearlong suspension for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy, the Vikings could be among the teams that inquire about disgruntled New England receiver Deion Branch"

Note the use of the word "could" instead of "are" or "will". There's nobody from the Vikes saying they're going to make an offer. So far, it's merely writers on the Star-Tribune staff doing their jobs by finding a situation that may impact their team and bringing it to their readers. Nothing wrong with that, we do it all the time ourselves.

Of course sometimes these things grow legs off a report and the readership reads "could" as "will". Then there's momentum to the story.

We'll keep monitoring the situation on our end. You keep reading carefully on yours.

Tom

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