The trade deadline is before kickoff of the first game on Thanksgiving. The norm is for last minute announcements and this year chatter is as loud as ever. Especially after Josh’s unprecedented mega trade which incidentally excluded several important party members and won’t be forgotten nor appreciated by those parties for years.

There is no more free agent deadline. Now after week 13 all transactions cost $3 instead of $1. Rishi is the first Commissioner to ever enforce this rule which led to the huge increase in weekly skins payout last year from $72 to $123*.

*Lookup the precise numbers.