We tend to view the trade deadline as a culmination of a very brief period of time -- the first half of the NFL season -- when in reality, it closes a window that has been open since the start of the league year back in March.

We went 19 days in October with no activity between the deal that swapped cornerbacks Greg Newsome II and Tyson Campbell (Oct. 8) and the one that sent cornerback Roger McCreary from the Titans to the Rams in exchange for draft picks (Oct. 27). And then teams were off to the races, and the Jets blew up the deadline with two blockbusters in the space of an hour Tuesday. There were 22 total trades since the start of the season, the most in-season trades since at least 1995, and 12 total players were traded between Monday and Tuesday. Three former first-team Al

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