The NFL trade deadline used to be an afterthought. Not anymore. We examine why there's been an increase in trade activity in recent years.
A four-year trend could be indicative of yet another wild trade deadline. As front offices assess their rosters over the next two weeks, they’re preparing to be mighty busy in the lead-up to Oct. 31. “There’s a win-now, stay-relevant mentality,” a team executive said. The league pushed back the trade deadline in 2012, but it didn’t spur the instant gratification it had been seeking. There were just two trades from Oct. 1 through the deadline that season. Advertisement But that surely evolved.
The younger generation of general managers learned from mentors who have either exclusively or primarily operated under the current landscape of the salary cap. Generally speaking, they aren’t torn between an old-school way of thinking and a new-school philosophy , and that can create a more streamlined dialogue between front offices. Plus, there’s more pressure than ever to win now, or to at least create a vision for a rebuild through the draft.
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