The NFL trade deadline has come and gone. The Commanders didn’t do a gosh darn thing. They weren’t buyers or sellers.
You can expect general managerAdam Peters to say on his PAID interview with 106.7-FM in Washington on Friday that Washington took a bunch of calls and never found what the Commanders considered value. He’ll also say that Week 9’s should’ve-freaking-won-it result against the Rams had nothing to do with his replies to all those calls for the desirable players on the Commanders roster.
Can’t wait ‘til that Friday interview, right? Tune on in? Nah, bro. No need.
This was the most predictable result, for two reasons.
The first: The Commanders didn’t have much to sell. Not after the Daron Payne injury, anyway.
The second: Why give up draft picks to fortify a team that sits at 2-5-1 and wasn’t going to win a NFC East title that looks like a Burger King crown?
Fair points, both.
Y’all generally prefer analysis from Mark or Portis or Jamual over my opinion, but you’re getting it right here anyway. The Commanders should have sold off parts. Even future Day 2-3 picks provide hope over what’s happening this year.
I’ll bill this Thursday night matchup with the Giants as something big in future stories, and I honestly think that they’ll win this upcoming game, but is there anything deep down inside of you that thinks this team (with these coaches) can go on a run?
They can’t play good football for four quarters, let alone four games. I’ve covered NFL teams for 18 years now, from the Raiders to the Chargers to the Falcons to the Bears and then here. Did you see any perennial playoff contenders in that list? Nope. I know when a team stinks.
So sorry, but this one does. And the smell comes from coaching first and talent second.
No amount of trade deadline maneuvers could’ve changed that. Not after Laremy Tunsil got hurt. And then Terry McLaurin? I mean, come on.
So Peters was at a fork in the road. Buy or sell or do absolutely nothing?
Absolutely nothing, in a strange way, might’ve been the right call. Definitely don’t buy and ditch picks. Don’t take crappy value.
I’m new to this market and don’t know folks outside of JP Finlay and Nick Jhabvala (they’re excellent, btw) well. But a tweet (I refuse to call it X) fromGrant Paulsen struck me. I’ll just be real quiet and let you read it in full:
So, every pick counts, just as much as the individual making it. There’s no way the Commanders think they’re still in it, despite the fact he inconsistency thing is is clear from miles away. So, back to my earlier point, sell off parts.
Though is there trust in Adam Peters, the dude making the picks? My guy Marky Tyler says there is not.
What we’ve got here is a mile marker that you can kick on over, a turning point that was actually a straight road.
The Commanders are a team that’s no better or no worse, with a coaching staff that may or may not be here next year. I know I’m supposed to create hope or worry about the future of this team to make sure you keep on clicking (that’s what the digital analysts say), but this team is in neutral and stayed that way at the trade deadline.
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