Some are questioning whether ESPN Insider Adam Schefter knew more than he reported regarding talks between the Raiders and Bengals for Carson Palmer and that he withheld information in order to help get the deal done. A high school friend and business partner of Carson Palmer's posted on Twitter early Tuesday that Schefter knew the trade was happening Monday night, and that he stayed silent "to protect [Palmer] and the deal." ESPN gave the theory credence by issuing a statement denying that the network squatted on the story. "We were pursing the story aggressively yet felt there wasn't enough confirmed information as of last night to report it," the statement said. "The suggestion that it wasn't reported to protect anyone involved, including Carson Palmer, is simply wrong."