Matt Corral Is Gone and the UFL Just Made Four Quarterbacks Switch Teams on a Sunday With No Games
The UFL pulled off something wild this past weekend: four quarterbacks got traded across four different teams while the league was literally taking a break from games. No live action happening. No reason to make a splash. And yet, Sunday's trade deadline moved enough talent to turn heads across the league.
Corral Heads to Orlando, Thompson-Robinson Goes the Other Way
The Birmingham Stallions sent 27-year-old quarterback Matt Corral and defensive end Amani Bledsoe to the Orlando Storm in exchange for quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson. Corral had started all four games for the Stallions this season and was putting up solid numbers: 64.5% completion rate (third-best among UFL quarterbacks), 768 passing yards (fourth-best), and five touchdowns (third-best). For a guy who was having a legitimately good year, moving him midseason tells you the Stallions wanted something different at the position.
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DC and Louisville Swap Signal Callers
In the other major move, the DC Defenders acquired quarterback Jason Bean from the Louisville Kings and sent back quarterback Mike DiLiello. Bean had appeared in four games for Louisville this season and completed 47.5% of his passes for 819 yards and four touchdowns. DiLiello, who came to DC, has appeared in seven games over the past two seasons for the Defenders and went 36-for-359 with two touchdowns last year. He's only suited up once so far this season.
The schedule picks back up with games typically scheduled on Saturdays and Sundays, so both sides will get a chance to prove whether these moves were the right call sooner than later.
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