2023 NFL trade deadline winners and losers: 49ers strike gold with Chase Young, Davante Adams stays put

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The 2023 NFL trade deadline has passed, and while fans failed to see any earth-shattering moves, some of Tuesday’s swaps could prove to have serious implications this season. 

Compared to last year’s NFL record of 10 trades on deadline day, just six trades took place on Tuesday with the Washington Commanders creating most of the noise in their decision to trade top pass rushers Chase Young and Montez Sweat. 

Defensive end Chase Young, #99 of the then-Washington Football Team, defends on the field during the second half against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High on Oct. 31, 2021 in Denver. (Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

The 2020 No. 2 overall pick and former Defensive Rookie of the Year was dealt to the San Francisco 49ers while the Chicago Bears picked up Sweat.

49ERS LAND CHASE YOUNG IN BLOCKBUSTER TRADE WITH COMMANDERS: REPORT

Read below for some of this year’s winners and losers and look at the deals placed on deadline day. 

Chase Young, #99, and Montez Sweat, #90 of the Washington Commanders, celebrate after a fumble recovery in the fourth quarter of the game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on Oct. 22, 2023 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)

Fresh off a loss to the Cincinnati Bengals marking their third straight loss, the 49ers addressed their defensive struggles with the most significant trade of the day that saw San Francisco acquire Young from the Commanders in exchange for 2024 third-round draft pick. 

Young, an Ohio State standout, will reunite with former Buckeyes teammate Nick Bosa as he continues to trend up following two seasons where he was sidelined with