Putting the Alan Faneca Trade Rumors To Rest

March 22, 2010   ·   Steve Clarke   ·   Jump to comments

I’ve been reading a lot the past few days about a possible trade involving the Jets and Alan Faneca.  Of course, the first thing I did was trace the source and find out if this rumor had any legs. The source of this rumor was Lisa Zimmerman, who wrote about Faneca in her blog a few days ago. Here is what she wrote:
"Someone to keep an eye on—Alan Faneca. The 12-year veteran is getting close to the end of his career and he has an enormous contract. If Faneca doesn’t decide to retire in the next few weeks, the Jets could look to trade him around the Draft.

"Offensive lineman Rob Turner could likely transition easily in the left guard spot, especially given the fact that the other four linemen are all returning. However, he would probably have to compete with Matt Slauson for the job."
It must have been a really slow day in reporting cause Lisa is doing some serious speculation here. First off, there has been no rumors of Alan Faneca r...

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