Just last week, word at the NFL Combine spread like wildfire that the New York Giants were looking to move edge rusher Olivier Vernon via a trade, the asking price, according to sources, believed to be a third-round draft pick.
But as we’ll be reminded again and again this time of year, once a rumor hits the airwaves, it usually doesn’t age well given how fluid the various situations around a rumor are.
The Vernon trade rumor appears to be one such example. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, piggybacking off a report by Kim Jones, believes that it sounds like the Giants are planning to keep the 28-year-old edge rusher despite his holding a $19.