Le’Veon Bell wasn’t traded. Neither were Patrick Peterson or DeSean Jackson. The New York Giants kept Odell Beckham Jr., Eli Manning, Landon Collins, Janoris Jenkins and Olivier Vernon. The Jacksonville Jaguars didn’t trade for a quarterback to replace the beleaguered Blake Bortles.
Maybe it spoke to the raised expectations around the NFL’s trade deadline, but it was a bit of a disappointment that the biggest prospective deals weren’t made and the most prominent stars weren’t on the move by the 2 p.m. deadline Tuesday.
Wouldn’t it have been intriguing for the Jaguars to add Manning to replace Bortles at quarterback, ending Manning’s misery this season with the 1-7 Giants and reuniting him with Tom Coughlin, the front office executive in Jacksonville who coached Manning to two Super Bowl triumphs?