Something got into the NFL at the trade deadline this year. There was a flurry of major activity, especially over the last 24 hours.
ESPN's Adam Schefter offered this nugget about the 2017 deadline:
Going back to the beginning of October, trades involving marquee names have been happening across the NFL:
Chris Trapasso of CBS Sports summed up the flurry of trade activity with a GIF:
The official deadline was Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET, which was about the moment when the Carolina Panthers traded wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin to the Buffalo Bills:
Schefter first reported the Benjamin deal to Buffalo for a third- and seventh-round draft pick, adding the move reunites the wideout with head coach Sean McDermott, who was Carolina's defensive coordinator from 2011-16, and general manager Brandon Beane, who spent nine years in the Panthers' front office from 2008-16.