NFL trade deadline rumors: Will any deals get done?

Another NFL trade deadline has come and gone. Hopefully, you’ve been able to catch your breath from the breakneck speed of rumors, news and analysis. It was easily the busiest NFL trade deadline in recent years.

Obviously it was not. In case you have difficulty penetrating the hastily conceived sarcasm of my words, it was yet another uneventful trade deadline in pro football outside of one last-minute move.

The Patriots were known to be in the hunt for secondary help so that they picked up a cornerback is not a surprise. What is a surprise is that it’s Talib, who has been suspended four games for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances, which he says was Adderall.

Talib was the Buccaneers first round pick in the 2008 NFL draft.

Williams is currently averaging 3.4 yards per carry and 30 yards per game, below his 2011 number of 52.3 yards per game and well below the career high of 94.7 he posted in 2008. Stewart isn’t faring much better, averaging 3.5 yards per carry and 36.8 per game. Carolina’s rushing attack ranks square in the middle of the league, 15th at 114 yards per game.

PFT explains that trading Williams, who has already lost his spot on the depth chart, would remove over $17 million in future salaries and would clear up space for a new general manager to rebuild the team in 2013 and 2014. The Panthers aren’t in a hurry to move Williams, but would consider it if an attractive deal materializes.

According to the Charlotte Observer, Williams brushed off trade questions from the media Wednesday. When asked how he deals with trade talks, he said “by doing what I’m doing right now. Going to work.”

The NFL trade deadline has been rescheduled to Thursday, Nov. 1 at 4:00 p.m. ET because of Hurricane Sandy, according to the Director of NFC Football Communications, Randall Liu.

The deadline was initially scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 30, however, complications are expected to arise as Hurricane Sandy hits the East coast. Many organizations as well as the NFL offices shut down operations Monday, according to Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com. There is a chance the offices would remained close Tuesday as well.

Jackson’s current contract pays him $7 million and expires at the end of the season, making it unlikely that a prospective suitor would want to take on that money when he could be acquired in free agency at the end of the season without having to give anything back to St. Louis.

Bowe, who has 37 catches for 472 yards and three touchdowns thus far in 2012, will also be on the free agent market at the end of the season. He is currently being payed $9.5 million by the Kansas City Chiefs under the franchise tag and in addition to taking on that salary, any team that traded for him would not be able to work on an extension until the end of the season. Bowe has spent all six seasons of his NFL career with Kansas City.

The NFL trade deadline is Tuesday.

Cook, 24, is in his fourth year in the league, all with the Titans. In eight games this year, and only three starts, Cook has 28 catches for 373 yards and two touchdowns. He’s averaging 46 yards per game.