[CBFF] More trades?

[Jerry Madsen]

Wow.  Between the rumors and actual deals, this is turning out to be a
trade happy off-season, is it now?

Jerry

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Updated: March 2, 2007, 10:30 AM ET
Broncos near deal to send Plummmer to Bucs
By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

ESPN.com has learned that the Denver Broncos have reached agreement in
principle on most of the elements of a trade that will send veteran
quarterback Jake Plummer to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Plummer

Under the terms being discussed, the Broncos would receive a
middle-round draft choice, believed to be a fourth-rounder, in
exchange for Plummer. The trade could be announced as early as Friday.

Tampa Bay re-signed Chris Simms to a two-year contract earlier this
offseason. But with Simms coming off a 2006 season in which he
underwent an emergency splenectomy, the Bucs have been shopping for a
veteran quarterback to bolster the depth chart.

Veteran backup Tim Rattay became an unrestricted free agent on Friday
and was not expected to return to Tampa Bay.

Plummer, 32, lost his starting job in Denver to rookie Jay Cutler late
last season and the Broncos have been entertaining trade offers in the
offseason. A 10-year veteran, Plummer has started 136 games in stints
with Arizona (1997-2002) and Denver (2003-2006). He has completed
2,484 of 4,350 passes for 29,253 yards, with 161 touchdown passes and
161 interceptions, for a passer rating of 74.6.

Len Pasquarelli is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.
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