Dolphins | Thompson Trade Canceled

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Dolphins | Thompson Trade Canceled - posted at KFFL (http://nfl.kffl.com)
15:01 PT: Updating an earlier story, Len Pasquarelli, of ESPN.com, reports the trade between the Miami Dolphins and the Atlanta Falcons that would have sent OT Michael Thompson from the Falcons to Miami for a 2004 draft pick was canceled Thursday. Thompson has failed the Dolphins’ physical due to a knee problem.

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The trade that would have sent offensive tackle Michael Thompson from the Atlanta Falcons to Miami for a 2004 draft choice was canceled Thursday, ESPN.com has learned, when the three-year veteran did not pass the Dolphins physical exam.

Miami was to have sent the Falcons a seventh-round choice in the 2004 draft, which could have been upgraded to a fifth-round pick, if Thompson participated in 50 percent of the snaps in 2003. The only caveat to the trade was that Thompson, a three-year veteran, pass the Dolphins-administered physical exam.

Sources said that Dolphins physicians felt there was a knee problem that made Thompson a risk and told Miami officials they could not recommend the deal. Physical exams are fairly subjective in the NFL, with no leaguewide standards, and final decisions are typically made by a club's football officials after consulting with its medical staff....more (http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1533592.html)