Bucs Trade For Michael Bennett. Probably.

According to this Kansas City newspaper, the Chiefs have traded running back Michael Bennett to the Bucs. We still don't know what the Bucs gave up, and the team doesn't have a habit of being too chatty about trade compensation.

Facing what soon could be an excess of running backs, the Chiefs traded Michael Bennett to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night.

What the Chiefs received in return was immediately unclear. The Chiefs declined to confirm the deal, but Bennett said he was informed of the trade by officials of both teams.

"It was a shock to me," Bennett said. "It really caught me off-guard. I heard the speculation for the past few days, but nobody from the Chiefs said anything to me, so I guessed it wasn't going to happen. I was wrong. It's a business. It's just one of those things that happen."

This is a total shock to me, too, because I had no idea they could read in Kansas City. They have their own newspapers there? Wow, what an age we live in.

So I guess the Chiefs are going ahead with the Priest Holmes experiment part deux, eh? It must have been one of Lamar Hunt's last wishes to give Holmes another chance because there's no other explanation for backing up Larry Johnson with a 34-year old back who hasn't touched a football in two years. I thought Bennett was good in Minnesota and was surprised when they traded him to Kansas City a couple years ago. He's certainly a capable enough player.

Minnesota recently dropped their asking price for Mewelde Moore from a third rounder to a fourth rounder, so you have to imagine that the Bucs didn't pay any more than that for Bennett. A fourth rounder would be an ok price for Bennett. A fifth rounder would be even better. Either way, this is a good move for the Bucs.

This will probably be my only entry today. Feel free to keep me posted on today's happenings in the comments and I'll post them tomorrow, except with smarmy asides and lazily-constructed anecdotes that go nowhere. You're welcome.