NFL's New Trend?

The NFL trade deadline came and went, and for the first time in recent memory a decent player was moved.

The Detroit Lions traded wide receiver Roy Williams to the Dallas Cowboys for three draft picks (including a first round pick in 2009).

Is this a sign of things to come?

Those of us here at Second Hand Sports like the idea of the NFL's trade deadline becoming more like that in MLB, the NBA, and the NHL.

We want to see more lagging teams dump their high priced crybabies, er, players for draft picks. It would symbolize organizational change to the players and fans of those teams that, well, just plain need it.



It would have been nice to see teams like the Bengals and Chiefs dump some guys for picks. Tony Gonzalez, Chad Johnson, and TJ Houshmanzadeh come to mind.

After firing Matt Millen, the Lions now appear to be the most brilliant floundering team in the league (although we all know they will blow those draft picks).