Last year was supposed to be the offseason of unhinged quarterback movement, and, yes, a few guys did change teams. Matthew Stafford’s a Ram, Carson Wentz is a Colt, and Sam Darnold was traded to the Panthers, spurring a deal that sent Teddy Bridgewater to the Broncos.
But the guys who rattled cages the hardest last spring? They went nowhere.
So it is, with the trade deadline having come and gone, that the supercharged offseason of the relocated star signal-caller may be coming after all, just a year later than many people forecasted it. Deshaun Watson wasn’t traded before Tuesday’s deadline, and Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers are still with the teams that drafted them, and all that’s setting up is what could a pretty wild winter in the NFL.