Trades are a concept that seems unique to the sports industry; they’re almost unseen in other businesses. There really aren’t any parallels where individuals can be shipped off from one company to another and then expected to compete against their former employer the same week. Trades are a part of the fabric of professional sports and help make the NFL the 24-hour news producer that it has become.
Even before yesterday’s deal that brought Demaryius Thomas to Houston, the Texans, for all their conservative habits, have made a ton of trades during their short stint in the NFL.