Late Friday afternoon their was a buzz going through Bengals' nation as news came that the team had sent its third and fifth round picks in this year's draft to the Lions in exchange for two-time Pro Bowl DT Shaun Rogers. However, as Friday drew to an end the trade fell apart and Rogers wound up with the Bengals' AFC North foes, the Cleveland Browns.

The Associated Press and ESPN reported the Bengals acquired Detroit defensive tackle Rogers, but Mark Crunette of the Cincinnati Enquirer presented a few different theories of what happen to make the deal crumble.

"Theories ranged late tonight from the league stepping in because the trade violated a salary-cap rule to one that the trade was never reported to the NFL office, leaving the Lions free to negotiate another deal with another team," Crunette wrote on his blog.  "Another explanation was faulty language in the trade forced the NFL to void it."

The deal with the Browns returns a third-round pick and cornerback Leigh Bodden to Detroit, a much better package from the Lions' perspective.

Rogers has been highly touted at points during his career. He is on the verge of his 29th birthday and locked up for three more years ($4.25 million this season, $5.25 million in 2009 and $7 million in 2010).  He will come to Cincinnati with some baggage though.  He's listed at 340 pounds, but there is speculation that it is closer to 370 pounds and Rogers' conditioning and work ethic has been criticized by Lions' head coach Rod Marenelli. Still, he managed seven sacks in 2007.