NFL Trade Rumors
From now until the NFL trade deadline on November 4, the Tuesday following the conclusion of Week 9, we’ll be taking a look around the league at all the different players who could potentially be available on the trade block, using info from beat reporters, national insiders and some judicious dot connecting.
Our first edition of the trade block was last week and already there have been some monumental changes. The biggest was the loss of the No. 1 potential trade target, Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill, after a brutal knee injury in Week 4. There were a litany of reasons it made sense for the Dolphins to shop Hill, even if they hadn’t come to that realization before the injury, but now it’s a moot point and Hill’s future is a topic for the offseason.
There’s still plenty of action to be had before the deadline, though. ESPN’s Adam Schefter said he anticipates a couple of trades a week between now and the deadline, with 10-12 in total by the time it’s in the books. Two of those deals happened on Tuesday. The Bengals and Browns traded for the first time in their respective histories, resulting in Cincinnati getting a new starting quarterback in veteran Joe Flacco. The Ravens and Chargers also executed a rare player-for-player trade, with Baltimore shedding former first-round OLB Odafe Oweh and getting veteran S Alohi Gilman plus a slightly better pick.
All of those events have had ripple effects, so here’s an updated look at our 2025 NFL Midseason Trade Block.
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The trade of Flacco to the Bengals takes away the most obvious potential landing spot for Cousins and Wilson, making it even less likely that either is moved before the upcoming deadline. Cousins is probably better than Flacco but would have cost the Bengals exponentially more, not only in terms of draft pick compensation but also salary. The Falcons have maintained they don’t want to pick up too much of Cousins’ $27.5 million base salary, and unless that changes it’s hard to see them having much luck with finding a trade partner.
Wilson might have been able to get the ball downfield to Bengals WRs Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, but he was horrendous in two of his three starts this year and would have had a steeper transition to HC Zac Taylor’s offense. Cincinnati’s struggling offensive line also would have been a bad fit with Wilson. The Giants have made it abundantly clear they would be willing to trade Wilson — it’s just a legitimate question whether they’re going to get any bites.
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