So your favorite team didn’t make a trade at Tuesday’s trade deadline. Too bad. Time to write your owner an angry letter and demand he hire a cool, analytics-based general manager with an understanding of market inefficiencies. Also, a 30-year-old offensive guru, because that’s what the fun teams have these days.
This year especially, there seemed to be a lot of good deals left out there. Here’s a few we were surprised didn’t get off the ground:
• Landon Collins: Apparently the asking price was too high. The Giants wanted a second-rounder, perhaps believing that if they don’t pay him, the eventual third-round compensatory selection will even things out down the line if they were getting low-balled anyway.