The 2018 NFL trade deadline came and went and it brought the thunder
Michael Brantley Jersey , smashing past any previous trade deadline we've ever seen. There were a flurry of deals late and a bunch of big names moved throughout the day.It's a different era for roster management in terms of trading guys. Front offices aren't scared to sacrifice picks for veterans who can potentially make a difference. Teams above or around .500 see the landscape and understand just how much parity there is in the league right now. Even with a few good teams, most anyone can make a deep run in the postseason with a sniff of offense and a decent quarterback. More on the NFL With that in mind let's look at some of the aggre sive moves during this deadline and break down some winners and losers.You can check out our full trade deadline grades for every single move made and with any questions or complaints. Also make sure and check out our full breakdown of all the moves that were made with CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora and Sr. Fantasy Analyst Dave Richard on . Jon GrudenDid not see THIS coming, but here we are. Look around the landscape of the NFL after the trade deadline and it's clear that one club got more in return than anyone else out there, and it was the . Gruden secured two first-round picks for before the season and then landed another in return when he shipped to Dallas. No one expected the Raiders to bring in a first-round pick in return for Cooper -- it was by far the biggest deadline-week haul -- but Gruden managed to extract serious value from the . It's clear the Raiders are planning for Vegas and Gruden has to hit on the picks in order to make the trades worthwhile, but credit him for stocking the franchise with five first-round picks over the next two years.The quarterback is playing some really good football so far this year and he just got the best value acquisition at the deadline in the form of . It's nice to work for a GM willing to aggre sively make moves and add
Cleveland Indians Hoodie talent in typically unconventional ways. Wentz has that in the form of Howie Roseman, who has acquired and Tate in the last two seasons at the deadline to help his young quarterback. Tate has caught 63 percent of the pa ses thrown his way this year, but that's actually his lowest total since 2011. Maybe that's part of why the were willing to send him packing; Tate is a free agent after the 2018 season, so he could certainly be an eight-game rental. But Tate is only 30 and should get paid again in free agency, which means the Eagles should get a third- or fourth-round compensatory pick back in return at worst case in 2020.The departure of means Sutton gets to slide into a starting role for the and more than anyone else, he's going to see a significant bump in terms of snaps. Sutton is already averaging 19.1 yards per catch on his 17 catches this season, although he only has a 45.9 percent catch rate. He should see a spike in that rate with a dip in terms of yards per catch while playing more snaps (although it's worth noting he has 376 on the season, 69 percent worth, while Thomas was out there for only 74 percent of the Broncos snaps) and will get a chance to flash his skillset now instead of waiting until after the Broncos parted ways
Corey Kluber Jersey with Thomas this offseason. Worth noting: the Broncos get a big win here because they get to act like they're doing Thomas a favor by trading him to a contender and honoring him next week when he comes back with the , instead of having to awkwardly release him in the coming offseason. The Redskins are a surprise leader in the NFC East as we make the midway turn of the season, and it's in large part to their impre sive defensive performance. Washington is (currently 14th) and was already ninth against the pa s before adding a legitimate starting safety in Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix from the in a deadline deal on Tuesday. Clinton-Dix is basically an eight-game rental, unle s the Redskins want to try and sign him to a longer deal (or franchise tag him), but it's a . Clinton-Dix, D.J. Swearinger, Quincy Dunbar and give them a formidable secondary that matches up with the stout defensive line. Washington's defense is a unit to be reckoned with.Bell did not nece sarily increase his value through the trade deadline, but he did control his fate in terms of where he will play in 2018 (a suming he does play). The wanted to try and move Bell to get value in return for the running back who is headed to free agency, but they couldn't trade Bell unle s he came in and signed his tender in advance of the deadline. It was pretty obvious he didn't want to play anywhere else -- there are concerns about
Andrew Miller Jersey where he might be sent, learning a new offense, etc. -- and now Bell guarantees he'll play for the Steelers on the franchise tag when he reports in the next week. He could show up as early as Wednesday, but Monday after Week 9 seems like a logical time for him to show up to work.A former No. 3 overall pick, Fowler was wrapping up his run with the after they took him in the 2015 and his tenure was not ending in impre sive fashion. Fowler mi sed his rookie season, struggled in 2016, finally broke through with an eight-sack campaign last year but has produced only two sacks this year. He's mired behind other guys in terms of the rotation and the production and now he gets a new lease on life by heading to Los Angeles to work with Wade Phillips. He'll be a part of a defense featuring , and on the defensive line, which should mean seeing at least one or two opportunities to beat one man and go after the quarterback. I don't think he's going to magically solve the edge rushing i sues the have, but this is as good a spot as any to produce and salvage the season before he heads into free agency. Don't love the Rams giving up a third-round pick for a guy who will only be an eight-game rental, but I understand why they're going all in on this season given how things have begun. There was a lot of chatter about the Cardinals making moves and bringing in a bunch of draft picks in order to stock up for the future, and Arizona ended up standing pat. Maybe it was
Danny Salazar Jersey the momentum of the win over the 49ers -- had his first post-touchdown spike of his career -- or maybe it was simply an inflated market that made it too difficult for the Cardinals to get value in return. It's also po sible they're looking at the roster, with guys like who don't fit the current coaching scheme, and want to make sure the current coaching scheme will still be around next year when it's time to make more roster decisions. Whatever the case, Arizona was thought to be a big-time player at the deadline and ended up not moving anyone. It's a bizarre move for a team that has two wins.Picking on the wounded here, but the Giants are one of the worst teams in football and the reality of their situation sunk in even harder on Tuesday. Not only did they sit back and watch every other team in the division make a move, but the Giants weren't able to ex
