Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Rams came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close.

Scott falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it.

Adding Graham Barton by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.