{"id":17228,"date":"2002-04-18T23:20:33","date_gmt":"2002-04-19T03:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=17228"},"modified":"2018-04-22T23:25:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T03:25:49","slug":"report-trade-talks-heat-up-for-bledsoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2002\/04\/18\/report-trade-talks-heat-up-for-bledsoe\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Trade Talks Heat Up For Bledsoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"500\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\"RIGHT\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cols=\"1\" width=\"150\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20040822012408im_\/http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/images\/Bledsoe_photo.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana\"><font size=\"-2\">Talks may be heating up with Buffalo,<br \/>\nbut whether or not a 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