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QB Room, Week 9: Which quarterbacks won and lost the trade deadline, plus midseason awards and 2nd-half predictions

Midseason is upon us and we’ve finally gotten past the NFL trade deadline. Let’s not waste any time and get into it for a different QB Room this week.

Rather than the typical format, we’ll get into some midseason awards and predictions for the second half of QB seasons (for fun) — but first, let’s contextualize what happened at the deadline, through the quarterbacks who ultimately are involved as an ancillary asset (and sometimes direct asset) considered in each move.

(Hayden Hodge/Yahoo Sports)(Hayden Hodge/Yahoo Sports)
(Hayden Hodge/Yahoo Sports)

Starting with, three QB winners at the deadline:

  • Jared Goff, Detroit Lions: The defense had played just well enough in recent weeks to suggest that the Lions could try to skate and get by with what they had left in the wake of the Aidan Hutchinson injury loss.