I personally do not remember the NFL trade deadline ever being a big deal. Football isn't like baseball where there is constant player trading throughout the season. The biggest moves that get made are over the waiver wire.
That is what made the Trent Richardson move so shocking to so many people. But unfortunately it became so good of fodder for sports writers that they created this bizarro fantasy land of big trade deadline deals.
Obviously every national sports writer had a great time daydreaming about Josh Gordon anywhere other than Cleveland since he came back. Adam Schefter loved the thought of Gordon in San Francisco, Yahoo liked the Colts as obvious trading partners, but my favorite was Peter King. King suggested that Gordon to the Patriots for Aaron Dobson and a 4TH ROUND PICK was fair to everyone involved. Well at least fair to the team that he would like to see get such a promising young player.
If Trent Richardson was worth a 1st round pick, Josh Gordon is worth someone's entire draft with an extra 1st rounder thrown in. And obviously that wasn't offered today.
So here's to you overzealous sports writers. Thanks for writing crap for all of us to digest about your pipedreams that Tom Brady get loaded up with a whole arsenal of new talent to throw the ball to, and all your others that you dreamed up and regurgitated onto the internet for me to scoff at. Here is some of my favorite "rumors" I saw today by the hacks.
Jared Allen to the Seahawks
Adrian Peterson to the Cowboys
Hakeem Nicks to anyone
Jordan Cameron to anyone
Jason Campbell to the Rams
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