The 2000 NFL trade deadline.

In the order it happened

The transaction timeline

The draft, major signings, trades and roster decisions are ordered chronologically. Complete draft boards, trade packages and free-agent jersey changes are embedded at the moment they happened.

1. October · Market context

   The offseason's biggest spenders reach the cutoff without another easy fix

   Washington's veteran roster had already consumed extraordinary cap and cash resources, leaving the deadline unable to solve its deeper cohesion problems.

2. Deadline week · Stand pat

   Contenders protect picks in a market with few sellers

   The league again reached its early deadline without a transaction comparable to the spring's Keyshawn Johnson deal.

3. After the deadline · Legacy

   The quiet cutoff exposes the limits of offseason name collecting

   Baltimore's coherent defense, not Washington's all-star assembly, became the model that carried the season.