As teams head into Week 9 of the NFL season, they’re making and fielding calls about the upcoming trade deadline.
The cutoff for trading players arrives at 2 p.m. Tuesday, so if the days before this weekend’s set of games are the run-up, then the hours after play finishes will be when action really starts to heat up.
Often, the hype around the NFL’s trade deadline ends up outstripping the actual moves that take place.
It’s hard to get players up to speed in a short period of time. There are a ton of teams that will finish this week feeling like they’re either right in the mix or just a two or three-game run from getting there.