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Seth Walder
NFL teams still have a chance to improve their roster in the last minute. 2025 season Closes on 4 September. While vast majority Child decision The rearviews are in the mirror, there are always some trades training camp,
In that spirit, I am proposing some imaginary trades that will be understood for both – or in one case, all three – teams. The forecast trades in NFL are difficult due to the sheer number of the possibilities of trades, but a combination of status needs, surplus, player evaluation, contract, cap space and the status of the contender may provide some clues.
Veterans can find a way to move forward Kaywon Thibodo After draft Abdul carter Third place in April? Chargers can add the depth of running back back Nazi Harris Gets cured by one Eye injuryWhat about dolphins, which lack cornerback options?
Let us dive into five trade proposals that may be understood in the next few weeks.
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Packers promoted a nearby crowd with Thibodo
Packers received: Edge Kaywon Thibodo2026 fifth round pick
Giars received: 2026 second-round pick
Edge Rashar has nothing wrong with being three talented players, as it is a premium position and can rotate giants Snap. But it makes sense for them to divide from thibodo. This is because they are still in a reconstruction and non -Continteers in 2025; They are invested in the situation after spending the top-five pics on thibodox and on top-five pics. Abdul carter And after trade for And handing over a big contract Brian BurnsThey have a lot of holes to fill in 2026, as soon as they can contest as soon as possible.
Packers are natural trade partners here. It is now a team in controversy, but with a great need on the shore. Green Bay Current Coming Rashan Gary, Lucas van nes, Kingesley angbare And fourth round pick Barin soril Perhaps it is not cutting it – the team finished 26th in the last season in the Jeet Rate. Thibodo will definitely help the cause.
Who, in fact, will remain a question to Green Bay. Thibodeaux is not enough for its predecessor propaganda. He has 21.0 sacks in three sessions with veterans, as well as 16% pass on the edge with a winning rate, which is essentially average for a starter in the situation. But given the genealogy and young age (24) of his draft, he still reverses Star-Level. In addition, he has been in a bad team over the last two years – it is undoubtedly difficult for passes to be produced in large numbers.
In terms of contract, Green Bay will receive an extreme bargain in 2025 ($ 1.1 million) and thibodo in a mild bargaining in 2026 ($ 14.8 million).
WR depth with Cardinal Wicks
Cardinals received: WR Nontayvion wicks
Packers received: 2026 fourth round pick
In this second business, packers can reduce the cost of thibodo trick by dealing with their position of surplus. Also with Christian watson Probably sidelined for the start of the season By tearing his ACL In January, the depth chart of packers still claims Jayden reedFirst round pick Matthew Golden, Romeo DauobsStop third round pick Savian Williams And Wicks.
Thus, they can participate with Vicks, 2023 The fifth round pick, which despite showing the capacity, has not put all this together. In his first two sessions in Green Bay, he recorded the yard (1.8 yards per root run) receiving 996. It places it behind the reed (per route per route in the same period) and Watson (2.0), but beyond the Dauobs (1.6).
Arizona is in the opposite situation. after Marvin Harrison JuniorFeatures of the detailed receiver room of cardinals Zay Jones, Michael Wilson And Greg dort – A quite shortage group. Tray macbridge The previous season emerged as another top alternative, but another detailed receiver supplemented Harrison (and hopefully can help unlock), which had A. First season of average Relative to the expectations of their prediction in the league.
The raw numbers of Vicks underlined their upside down in my opinion, and Arizona must have been a condition for that effect. Last year, in ESPN’s receiver score, Vicks recorded 84 open scores, but a zero catch score – the lowest one – may be one – after 10 drops on 76 goals are surprising.
If I am betting on one of those two numbers to maintain in the future, then it is an open score on the drops (openness is more stable than the catch score for a year-by-year). However, there is no guarantee, so Green Bay will select the development of Vicks instead of playing on your roster instead of choosing future property. Meanwhile, Arizona will bet that Vicks can kill a high gear and promote crime in the next couple season.
Reders take swing on CB Newsome
The attackers receive: CB Greg Newsom II2027 seventh-round pick
Brown received: 2026 seventh-round pick
Newsome is a completely $ 13.4 million guarantee in 2025 on its fifth year option, and I argue whether it is an open question whether it makes him a positive or negative property-so the zero compensation listed here listed here.
Newsomo posted a career -saffron in the last season in the context of coverage Snap (1.4), EPA permission (plus -10) and target rate (15%, although it only a minor utterance). But one of the reasons was that Cleveland raised its option in April 2024, as they recorded a better-average-average yard than Snap numbers per coverage in both 2022 (0.7) and 2023 (0.9).
For Brown, the most important part of this deal will shed Newsom’s salary. The brown currently has $ 17.5 million in 2025 cap space, but they already have $ 35.4 million in Red in 2026, per, per, per, per, per, per, Overthecap.comIn other words, they need savings. Keeping the team in mind, there is a noncontrender in 2025 and Newsomt has just one completely guarantee year left on its contract, it wants to proceed to Cleveland.
The trade became difficult for Cleveland to swallow on Wednesday morning when brown coach Kevin Stephanski announced that cornerback Martin Emerson faced a season-ending tears. Although it does not stop a business, it means that brown will possibly rely more on the newsom to the outside corner if they do not move it.
The attackers spent offsen while stabilizing the organization, brought Geno smith Quarterback in Head Coach and Pete Carol. Defense has capacity with a stout protective line, but the cornerback is the biggest weakness of the team. Las Vegas, with more than $ 90 million in the 2026 cap space (second place of any team), can bet on Newsom. If Carroll can achieve the most of the 25 -year -old cornerback, he will elevate the 2025 outlook of the reders and stick around for the future season.
Bears, Chargers and Books deal for RBS
Get bears: RB Rachd white2027 Seventh-Round Pick (from Chargers)
Chargers received: RB D’andre swift2026 sixth round pick (from bear)
Buccaneers received: 2026 fifth round pick (from bear)
Just because we do not look at three-team trades in NFL almost never, it does not mean that they cannot be. In addition, they are fun to project.
The main inspiration for the deal here is the assumption that beer coach Ben Johnson will make a similar emphasis Running game As he did in Detroit, and this Swift is not enough to just carry that load.
Swift posted a remarkable negative -174 rush yard on the expectation, according to NFL Next Jean States, which was the worst clan of any player in the previous season. It marked the third season in the last four in which Swift recorded negative crowds yard on expectation; He recorded a negative first decline on expectations in all those season.
White, on the contrary, 48 rush yards were added to the expected of 144 careers in the last season in Tampa Bay. And he is the aristocracy in the pass game, jointly with the second best overall receiver score in the last three sessions Christian Macfrey And beyond one place Austin EcalerIt seems that the type of player Johnson could work for a great impact – like he did Jahmir gibbs In Detroit.
White is a useful player for Tampa Bay, but Baki Erving Took the initial work from them and is a strong receiver in itself. with Scene tucker In the final year of its deal, on books and white, the latter becomes a logical business candidate.
The difficult part about making this deal is that Swift is outstanding $ 7.9 million cash ($ 7.4 million) in this season, more than that it is worth it based on its production history. Thus, the bears will find themselves at the wrong end of a sixth and seventh round pick swap to deal with the chargers.
For Los Angeles, Swift will provide experienced depth behind the first round crook Omarian Hampton And normally another option Nazi Harris Gets cured by one Eye injuryIn addition, it will allow chargers to take a little draft capital in exchange for their cap space war chest. No team has more joint cap space this year and than the next chargers. Overthecap.com,
When I scratched this deal almost to the chargers Put signature on Nyheim HinesBut his last NFL attendance was in 2022. Swift would be a more logical experienced backup when Harris missed for some time.
Dolphin gets CB’s depth with Williams
Dolphin received: CB Joshua Williams
Heads receive: 2027 sixth round pick
Miami’s cornerback room was also foggy earlier Kadar Kohou One suffering Season-ending knee injury Earlier this week. With Kohou, which leaves the dolphin with a group including new signed Jack Jones, Cam smith, HurdleStop fifth round pick Jason marshal juniorAnd Ethan Boner As an option to compete for the outer corner (with another recent signature, Mike hiltonProbably replacement of Kohou in the slot). The group leaves a lot to be desired.
Jones launched 16 games for Reders in the previous season, but the defined characteristic of the rest of the group is inexperienced. Smith was a 2023 second-round pick, who played only 112 coverage Snap in their first two sessions, allowing 1.7 yards per coverage Snap at that time. Duck is a pre -unhappy free agent who started three games for Dolphins (and played 42% defensive Snap in his 14 matches played last season). Bonor, Bhi, is a former UDFA that has appeared in seven matches for Miami in the last two years.
Williams is a depth corner for the heads who already have Trent McDafi, Jayelane watson, Christian fulton (Signed in March) and Nohhil williams (2025 third round pick). Joshua Williams, which is set to make $ 3.2 million this year, was also left from ESPN 53-Man Roster Projection At the beginning of the training camp.
Williams have some encouraging numbers in their first three sessions. Remaining 769 coverage Snaps, he has allowed 0.9 yards per snap – better than average – and 0.6 in the last two years, in a small sample.
The Miami looks like a team in the flux compared to a franchise to add talent before the season. But given the status of the cornerback group of the dolphin, such a low -risk maneuver would mean.
