Mosley's thought on Trotter and Manning

I'm posting both the Trotter story and the Manning story because I talked about both yesterday, but the one to pay attention to is the Trotter one. Matt Mosley has some personal connection (and a day to gather information), and lays out exactly why Trotter was cut. Some things that stood out to me:

• The split was amicable. The initial story I linked to had a cold, adversarial tone to it.
• Trotter had, in fact, been declining against the pass in recent years. Mosley points a finger at his knees slowly giving out.
• Andy Reid views linebackers in his defense as "replaceable parts." So maybe losing a declining linebacker (and replacing him with a young one) won't be so bad.
• I just realized that the original Trotter story I linked to was written by Len Pasquarelli. I just took another look at it and saw that it now has quotes from players and coaches that bring the tone closer to what Mosley wrote, but I'm disappointed that the initial story threw me off by so much. I'm sure it was initially written in 10 minutes just to get something out, but still.