Sweat Trade Rumors Debunked | NFL News

0:00It's September 2nd. This is NFL News today, AI-powered stories shaping the season. So there was this buzz going around the league, right? Rumors were flying that the Cardinals might be shipping linebacker Josh Sweat over to the Packers. It was the big off-season talk for a minute there, and people were wondering if it was actually going to happen. Well, it turns out the headhuncho and green bay, the guy who makes the roster decisions, came out earlier this week and shut that whole thing down. He made it clear that trading for Josh Sweat was never really on the table for them. Now, it's interesting because both teams are coached by brothers, the LaFloors. You think that would make communication easy, like Matt LaFloor could just head up his brother Mike to see if there was any real interest. But apparently, even with that connection, a deal wasn't in the cards. Josh Sweat is in the second year of a pretty hefty four-year contract worth $76 million with the Cardinals. Last season, he was a beast, racking up 12 sacks in 17 starts.

1:00So he's definitely a player teams would be looking at. But yeah, the Packers are saying they never seriously pursued him. It was just noise, I guess. Make sure you wonder where these rumors even start sometimes.