Safety Mark Barron going to Rams highlights a quiet NFL trade deadline

In the Twitter age, the rumors and anticipation of the NFL trade deadline always far, far, far outweigh the actual action.

But at least this year, there was a former top-10 pick that was moved at the deadline. Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Mark Barron, the seventh overall pick of the 2012 draft, was traded to St. Louis, ESPN reported. ESPN said the Rams traded a fourth- and sixth-round pick for Barron. That trade was finalized just before the 4 p.m. Eastern deadline.

Barron still must pass a physical for the trade to hold up.

The Buccaneers were also involved in the other trade of the day, as linebacker Jonathan Casillas went from Tampa Bay to the New England Patriots, where he will help a linebacking corps that has been thinned out by injuries. NFL Network reported the Casillas trade.

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The Buccaneers were the main team involved in trade rumors this season, but players like receiver Vincent Jackson and running back Doug Martin didn’t go anywhere. Trading Barron in his third season is a huge admission of error in taking him with the seventh pick. Miami drafted quarterback Ryan Tannehill with the next pick, and 2013 NFL defensive player of the year Luke Kuechly went ninth to Carolina.

The real trading action in the NFL happened a couple weeks ago when Seattle suddenly traded receiver Percy Harvin to the New York Jets. There were some deals on Tuesday, just not as many as were speculated about on social media leading up to the deadline.

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