Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, senior NFL reporter Jori Epstein, and senior NFL writer Frank Schwab discuss whether or not trades made at the NFL trade deadline make an impact for a team making a playoff push or if it’s better to keep that draft capital. Hear the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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Joy.

I feel like good teams are being aggressive.

Like we've seen Kansas City and Baltimore get into some of this action.

I just, I feel like good teams right now are looking around saying I will not stand pat.

I will do whatever it takes and I'm not used to seeing that.

Yeah, the Chiefs definitely.

I mean, I think you on one hand, we have teams like the Bills and the Jets who are a little bit more creative and I mean, getting guys like Mary Cooper and like Devante Adams are gonna cost more and then you have a team like the Chiefs who says, ok, we'll get a linebacker, we'll get an aging receiver, we're not going to break the bank, but we're going to do something to try and win.

You know, you got the Baltimore Ravens, Deonte Johnson.

I'm always a little ahead on trades and I know that, uh I think Frank and I probably have different opinions on this because I feel like Frank's always like, well, they could do this.

Why aren't they trying blah, blah, blah.

And I'm like, how often do trades like, really make the difference?

Like maybe sometimes.

But is it really worth it in the long term?

I don't know.

Well, look at like Deontay Johnson to the Ravens.

I had looked at that trade and I went, he was free, literally free.

There's like, gonna be a 12 pick difference in the, in the one nineties.

And it's like that is literally the NFL S version of here.

Here's just take Deonte off our hands.

We don't care, we don't want him anymore.

Maybe there's a reason for that.

But I, I don't, I don't know why nobody in the NFL would offer more than zero for Deonte Johnson.

The Ravens absolutely stole him.

People.

Like, well, this is, doesn't help the Ravens problems.

Who cares?

He's free?

Like sure we'll take him.

Why not?

I, I just, this trade deadline is very interesting to me and that, and I didn't really put it in this context until Fitz brought it up on Sunday night.

That what is it?

10 teams have two or fewer wins, maybe 11.

Like, there's a lot of teams that are just drawing dead right now.

They're done.

Shouldn't the Jets trade Devante Adams?

Should they, should they just flip him?

Like, I mean, at this point you're two and six, you're like, well, we could be stubborn and not take the L like that's why you're not doing and you're on the final year of your contract and this Aaron Rodgers thing has not worked out for you.

And Oh, you're Jeff Olbrich and you've already, like, struggled in your first few games.

The team hasn't won in five games.

I mean, there's, yeah, the decision makers are not looking long term.

Oh, no, no, no.

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