The NFL Trade Deadline Passes with Only Two Minor Deals

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Published: October 21, 2009

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... the same amount of fanfare accorded to the league’s annual Supplemental Draft (i.e. “Snooze Fest”) each July.

While names like San Diego Chargers LB Shawne Merriman, Cleveland Browns QB Brady Quinn, Kansas City Chiefs DT Glenn Dorsey, Philadelphia Eagles WRs Kevin Curtis and Reggie Brown, Kansas City Chiefs WR Dwayne Bowe, Buffalo Bill WR Terrell Owens, Cleveland Browns WR/KR Josh Cribbs, Houston Texans CB Dunta Robinson, and others were bantered around by the media, there were only two minor trades with none involving the aforementioned set of high-profile players.

Remember, unlike Major League Baseball GMs, football personnel men don’t like to part with “their” players. Most football GM types always fear injuries and lack of depth over a grueling 17-week regular season, so they usually keep players around—typically on their team’s inactive list—until the offseason even if they have no intention of really playing them. (See Eagles WR Reggie Brown an...

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