Joe Flacco on his three seasons with the Jets: "It's just one of those times ... you had to fight through some things to get to the next step."

The NFL trade deadline always feels like a letdown. Just the nature of how NFL contracts work and how much teams value draft picks makes it tough for a lot of meaningful things to get done during the season. It happens — just this season, we saw the Bengals trade for Joe Flacco — but don't get your hopes up too much.