It’s fitting that the NFL’s trade deadline falls on Halloween. There will be more than a few teams dressed up as something they’re not trying to go out and get something good, and chances are they’re going to come away disappointed.
Let me run this metaphor into the ground: dressed in the costume of a contender, some team will go door-to-door in search of the king-sized candy bar that will put them over the top. But in reality they’ll probably come home with a few fun-sized packets of M&M’s and little more, because nobody who can really move the needle for your team is going to be available.