2025 NFL trade deadline: Proposing 13 offers that make sense - ESPN

It's one of the best times of the year. NFL trade winds are blowing, and we've already seen a number of players move in midseason deals. Most in-season trades involve a player on the bottom of an NFL roster moving for a swap of Day 3 picks, but we've also seen an interesting swap of starting cornerbacks in Greg Newsome II and Tyson Campbell, plus a starting quarterback switch teams in Joe Flacco (which was apparently enough to irk Mike Tomlin in his news conference Monday).

After a handful of trades last week, though, there have been no notable swaps this week. I'm here to help. As general managers get on the phone and try to piece together deals, I've come up with 13 moves that make sense for both teams. I've aimed for realism over sheer entertainment. So while I'd love to dial up a bunch of superstars being shipped around for fun, the goal here is to find deals that could actually happen in real life before the trade deadline at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

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Last year, the league was listening! In the 2024 version of this column, I started by suggesting the Chiefs send a fifth-round pick to the Titans for DeAndre Hopkins. Six days later, the Chiefs sent a fifth-round pick to the Titans for the legendary wide receiver. I also had the Steelers landing Mike Williams in a trade with the Jets, though they sent a fifth-rounder when I thought a seventh-rounder was a more realistic return. Not all of the moves came true — I'm guessing the Panthers are happy they didn't send Bryce Young to the Dolphins — but I bring those moves up as a sign that we're on the right track.

In this year's column, we have a legendary quarterback, a handful of former first-round picks and a first-team All-Pro on