Tatum Bell on His Trade Demands: "ESPN Blew it Up"

Published: October 15, 2007, 12:35 pm

Filed under: Lions, NFC North, DetroitWe already know that ESPN isn't exactly the most accurate resource when it comes to injury reports. Are they sensationalizing in other areas, as well, including a scoop that Tatum Bell demanded a trade from the Lions?Did you or your agent ask for a trade? "I mean, you know, we brought it up. But it wasn't really just demanding a trade or nothing like that. The media blew it up. Well, ESPN blew it up. So I'm here. I'm going to be helping the team, and that's all the matters."To be fair, reading the entire interview with Nicholas Cotsonika is like staring at a portrait of a man clearly disgruntled. Bell says, regarding a trade, "we brought it up," though it wasn't a demand. Reading between the lines, it seems as if Bell (or his renegade agent acting alone, as Bell indicates, even though he used "we") demanded a trade, was rebuffed, and is now trying to save some public face.But he makes it plainly known that he's not happy at all with how he's being

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