NFL Trade Deadline 2018: Grades for every team

The 2018 NFL Trade Deadline has come and gone, but how did all 32 teams in the league fare? We’re handing out grades to everyone.

The afternoon that holds the NFL Trade Deadline, in many past years, has been quite silent. Though there is always buzz about big names that could be dealt and so on, the traditional look for the NFL Trade Deadline has been not much actually coming to fruition. It’s often been a classic case of smoke with no fire. That appears to no longer be the case.

Leading up to Tuesday’s 2018 NFL Trade Deadline, things were crazy. We saw big names such as Carlos Hyde on the move, in addition to others. Then, the week before the deadline, we saw two of the biggest franchises in the league — the Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders — pull off a blockbuster deal as Dallas sent a first-round pick to Oakland in exchange for wide receiver Amari Cooper.

That wasn’t the only big-name that went on the move, however. Smaller names like Eli Apple and Damon Harrison were traded away by the New York Giants, but that was just a precursor. On Tuesday, players such as Demaryius Thomas, Golden Tate, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Dante Fowler, among others, were sent to new homes before the 2018 NFL Trade Deadline.

While there was more movement than normal at the deadline, making deals isn’t always the best option for a team. Considering where they are, standing pat may be the right call. On the contrary, though, not making a move can also be a mistake. Every trade or lack thereof has to be judged on a case-by-case basis.

Subsequently, that’s what we’re going to do. With the deadline passed, we’re going to look at all 32 NFL teams and hand out grades to each of them for what they did (or did not) do leading up to and at the 2018 NFL Trade Deadline.