It’s not uncommon that we hear reports about a team that has the intention of releasing a player, only for it to surface a short time later that they have, in fact, made a trade to send that player away. This is a tactic that teams occasionally use to notify other organizations that that player will be available, so if you want to ensure that you will get him rather than playing the waiver wire, now is the time to make an offer.
That is what the Cincinnati Bengals are reportedly doing with former starting left tackle Cordy Glenn, for whom they themselves traded heading into the 2018 season.