L.A. got a superstar, then cleared some cap space. The Browns and Eagles, meanwhile, didn't get the help they desperately needed.
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2019 NFL trade deadline winners and losers: How the Rams got ahead
Well, that was disappointing. One of the most highly anticipated
NFL trade deadline days in recent years came and went Tuesday with exactly
one trade being made. And not any kind of cool trade either -- a
salary-dump deal in which the Rams sent injured cornerback
Aqib Talib and a fifth-round pick to the Dolphins for some other, presumably lesser pick down the road.
Nevertheless, lots happened last week, and last month, and late in the offseason. There are
more trades in the NFL than there used to be. Tuesday's Rams-Dolphins deal was the eighth deadline-week trade this season. According to ESPN Stats & Information research, there were seven deadline-week deals each of the past two years but only 19 total in the eight-year span from 2008-2016.
So as we offer our annual assessment of trade deadline winners and losers, we must look beyond the last 24 hours. Or else, quite frankly, this would be a very short article.
WINNERS
Los Angeles Rams
It was a strange trade season for the Rams, who spent much of it clearing cap space by moving veterans out of their secondary but also bolstered it by
adding the best player anyone acquired in advance of this year's deadline.
Moving Talib on Tuesday, after
moving Marcus Peters a couple of weeks back, should clear enough cap space for the Rams to sign newly acquired superstar cornerback
Jalen Ramsey to a contract extension. They gave up two first-round picks for Ramsey, which is a ton of draft capital, but he's a player worth overpaying for, and he'll likely anchor the back end of their defense for years to come.
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