By James Kratch | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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It's 4:01 p.m. Eastern. The 2017 NFL trade deadline has come and gone after a slew of unusually exciting action.

Who won? Who lost? Here are 14 instant takes on the winners and losers at this year's deadline:

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TRADE DEADLINE WINNERS

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Eagles:

Philly made a splash move and established itself as arguably the NFL's best offense by making its surprise trade for Dolphins running back Jay Ajayi. The Eagles only gave up a fourth-round pick to add a three-down back that will strengthen an already-strong rushing attack and allow them to better utilize their other backs.

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Jimmy Garoppolo:

America's most-heralded backup quarterback gets out from Tom Brady's shadow and heads to a storied franchise that a) will give him the keys the minute he arrives, b) has a quarterback guru head coach in Kyle Shanahan and c) will have a boatload of cap space to both pay him and bring in free agents to win in 2018.

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Tom Brady:

Maybe Brady can beat Father Time? At the very least, Brady has convinced the Patriots he’s far from done at age 40 by getting them to ship out Garoppolo. With the young buck gone, it looks like Bill Belichick is committed to allowing Brady to play as long as he can and end his Hall of Fame career on his own terms.

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Brady wins. (Michael Dwyer | AP Photo)

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49ers:

If Garoppolo is as good as the Niners think he is, they just got a franchise quarterback for a second-round pick, and will move forward into the future with over $100 million in projected 2018 cap space and a top-3 pick to build around him with.

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Jets:

All indications are the Niners will be out of the quarterback hunt this coming offseason. If the Jets are in that race as expected, they may now have an obvious trade partner to call if they want to move up in the 2018 NFL Draft. They also presumably have one less suitor in the mix if they try to sign Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins in free agency.

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Adam Gase:

The second-year Dolphins coach ripped his team after its ugly Thursday Night Football loss to the Ravens. Now he’s backed up his words with action, sending a message to his locker room by shipping Ajayi out of town. The running back was not playing well and had reportedly become somewhat of an issue in the locker room. Gase put his foot down and put the rest of his players on notice. The move may hurt the 4-3 Dolphins in the short term, but it will be a win for the culture Gase is trying to build in the long run.

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Seahawks:

Seattle’s one glaring team issue was its bad offensive line. The Seahawks took a major step toward fixing it by swinging a trade with the Texans for left tackle Duane Brown. Brown will step right in and be able to keep quarterback Russell Wilson upright, and it allows Seattle to focus on addressing issues elsewhere on the line. With Aaron Rodgers out for the season and the Falcons in a post-Super Bowl funk, Seattle looks like it may be right there with the Eagles as the favorite in the NFC.

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Help is on the way for Russell Wilson. (Stephen Brashear | AP Photo)

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TRADE DEADLINE LOSERS

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QB-needy teams:

The fact the Niners, who are all but guaranteed to have a top-3 pick, made the deal for Garoppolo now suggests they aren’t thrilled about the crop of signal callers set to be available in the 2018 NFL Draft. This was supposed to be a special class of quarterbacks, but USC’s Sam Darnold and UCLA’s Josh Rosen have struggled (and Darnold may not even enter the draft) and Wyoming’s Josh Allen did not look great against power conference competition.

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Patriots:

Brady may be playing at an elite level today, but there’s no guarantee he will continue to do so indefinitely. The bottom more or less fell out on Peyton Manning without much warning, and it could happen to Brady. If it happens sooner rather than later, the Patriots may regret giving up on Garoppolo and going all-in on Brady.

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Browns:

It’s likely true Belichick has hard feelings about his days in Cleveland and would not have traded Garoppolo to the Browns. Still, it’s yet another eminently obtainable young quarterback the Browns have failed to get. It feels like they’re moving toward another housecleaning at the Factory of Sadness.

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Giants:

The Giants are 1-6. They are going nowhere. They could have sold off a veteran player or two – Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Shane Vereen were the obvious candidates – for draft picks while saving cap space. Instead, general manager Jerry Reese stood pat and kept a bad team as is. But hey, don’t give up on them yet!

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Jerry Reese and the Giants made no moves. (John Munson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

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Kirk Cousins:

The 49ers can’t completely be ruled out of the coming Cousins sweepstakes – they could decide they don’t like what they see from Garoppolo over the next two months and pivot back – but assuming the Niners aren’t in the mix for Cousins, the Redskins’ quarterbacks free agency leverage has taken a big hit.

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The Niners were expected to have over $100 million in cap space and potentially push Cousins’ sticker price to astronomical heights. Only the Browns will have as much cap space as the Niners will, and he likely doesn’t want to go there. Cousins will still likely become the highest-paid player in history when it’s all said and done, but it will likely end up being a more modest deal with the Jaguars, Jets or Redskins, rather than a monumental deal from the Niners.

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LeGarrette Blount:

Eagles football boss Howie Roseman can say Blount is still the starting running back all he wants. There’s no way they traded for Ajayi to let him be the No. 2. Blount’s workload is about to take a hit. That’s not necessarily a bad thing for Blount, who has a lot of mileage on his body at 30 (31 in December), but he likely won’t see it that way.

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Bill O'Brien:

The Texans are 3-4, they have major internal issues after owner Bob McNair’s “inmates” comment, they are entering a challenging portion of their schedule with three road games in the next five weeks and now rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson has lost his standout left tackle. Don’t be surprised if the Texans drop out of the AFC South race and O’Brien, who has had job security whispers in the past, takes the fall as head coach at the end of the year.

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