The NFL trade deadline has come and gone. The Commanders didn\u2019t do a gosh darn thing. They weren\u2019t buyers or sellers.<\/p>\n
You can expect general manager Adam Peters<\/a> 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\u2019ll also say that Week 9\u2019s should\u2019ve-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.<\/p>\n Can\u2019t wait \u2018til that Friday interview, right? Tune on in? Nah, bro. No need.<\/p>\n This was the most predictable result, for two reasons.<\/p>\n The first: The Commanders didn\u2019t have much to sell. Not after the Daron Payne injury, anyway.<\/p>\n The second: Why give up draft picks to fortify a team that sits at 2-5-1<\/a> and wasn\u2019t going to win a NFC East title that looks like a Burger King crown?<\/p>\n Y\u2019all generally prefer analysis from Mark or Portis or Jamual over my opinion, but you\u2019re getting it right here anyway. The Commanders should have sold off parts. Even future Day 2-3 picks provide hope over what\u2019s happening this year.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll bill this Thursday night matchup with the Giants as something big in future stories, and I honestly think that they\u2019ll 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?<\/p>\n They can\u2019t play good football for four quarters, let alone four games. I\u2019ve 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.<\/p>\n So sorry, but this one does. And the smell comes from coaching first and talent second.<\/p>\n No amount of trade deadline maneuvers could\u2019ve changed that. Not after Laremy Tunsil got hurt. And then Terry McLaurin? I mean, come on.<\/p>\n So Peters was at a trident in the road. Buy or sell or do absolutely nothing?<\/p>\n Absolutely nothing, in a strange way, might\u2019ve been the right call. Definitely don\u2019t buy and ditch picks. Don\u2019t take crappy value.<\/p>\n I\u2019m new to this market and don\u2019t know folks outside of JP Finlay and Nick Jhabvala (they\u2019re excellent, btw) well. But a tweet (I refuse to call it X) from Grant Paulsen<\/a> struck me. I\u2019ll just be real quiet and let you read it in full:<\/p>\n So, every pick counts, just as much as the individual making it. There\u2019s no way the Commanders think they\u2019re still in it, despite the fact the inconsistency thing is clear from miles away. So, back to my earlier point, sell off parts.<\/p>\n