The Super Bowl contenders who made big splashes at the trade deadline sent an all-in message to their locker rooms and fan bases.
The Super Bowl contenders who stood pat want their players and fans to believe that all the necessary pieces already are in place.
But what really happened during the NFL’s most active trade deadline of all time?
A lot of middling teams — the Cowboys, Bears and Ravens, for example — made deals to foster playoff pushes while many of the best teams stayed relatively quiet.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
