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More than ever, wide receivers are expendable

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Friday, October 22, 2004

It all began on March 5, when the present and future salary cap squeeze of one team combined with the on-field needs of another, and the Tennessee Titans dealt Justin McCareins to the New York Jets for a second-round draft choice. Neither franchise likely realized the big-picture significance of the trade at the time. But precisely 228 days later, when the NFL trade deadline passed Tuesday after an uncharacteristic flurry of activity, the McCareins deal nearly seven months earlier was the start ...

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