The Trades

The NFL trade deadline came and went yesterday. Historically, the NFL deadline hasn’t approached the activity and thrills of other sports. It isn’t an easy thing to insert new football players into new football schemes in the middle of a season. Whether by design or simple evolution the NFL trade activity as the deadline approaches has increased in recent years. The number of trades has steadily risen since a 2012 rule change shifted the deadline from just after Week 6 to the Tuesday after Week 8. This past offseason, the decision was made to move it to the Tuesday after Week 9. So, here we are. There have been 18 trades since the start of the season. Eight of those trades were completed yesterday as the trade deadline neared. 

The Trades

Jacksonville Jaguars traded DL Roy Robertson-Harris to Seattle Seahawks for 2026 6th-round pick

Las Vegas Raiders traded WR Davante Adams to New York Jets for conditional 2025 3rd-round pick

Cleveland Browns traded WR Amari Cooper and 2025 6th-round to Buffalo Bills for 2025 3rd-round pick and 2026 7th-round pick

Houston Texans traded RB Cam Akers and conditional 2026 7th-round pick to Minnesota Vikings for conditional 2026 6th-round pick

Tennessee Titans traded WR DeAndre Hopkins to Kansas City Chiefs for conditional 2025 5th-round pick

Seattle Seahawks traded LB Jerome Baker and 2025 4th-round pick to Tennessee Titans for LB Ernest Jones IV

New England Patriots traded LB Josh Uche to the Kansas City Chiefs for 2026 6th-round pick

Carolina Panthers traded WR Diontae Johnson and 2025 6th-round pick Baltimore Ravens for 2025 5th-round pick

Jacksonville Jaguars traded OT Cam Robinson and conditional 7th-round pick to Minnesota Vikings for conditional 2025 5th-round pick

Denver Broncos traded LB Baron Browning to Arizona Cardinals for 2025 6th-round pick

Cleveland Browns traded DE Za’Darius Smith and 2026 7th-round pick to Detroit Lions for 2025 5th-round pick and 2026 6th-round pick

Chicago Bears traded RB Khalil Herbert to Cincinnati Bengals for 2025 7th-round pick

Carolina Panthers traded WR Jonathan Mingo and 2025 7th-round pick to Dallas Cowboys for 2025 4th-round pick

New Orleans Saints traded CB Marshon Lattimore and 2025 5th-round pick to Washington Commanders for 2025 3rd-round pick, 2025 4th-round pick, and 2025 6th-round pick

New York Jets traded WR Mike Williams to Pittsburgh Steelers for 2025 5th-round pick

Green Bay Packers traded LB Preston Smith to Pittsburgh Steelers for 2025 7th-round pick

Los Angeles Rams traded CB Tre’Davious White and 2027 7th-round pick to Baltimore Ravens for 2026 7th-round pick

Houston Texans traded DT Khalil Davis to San Francisco 49ers for 2026 7th-round pick

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A couple interesting nuggets to come out of this season’s edition of in-season trades:

The 2026 sixth-round pick that the Vikings are sending to the Texans for RB Cam Akers is the very same pick that they sent to the Rams last season for Akers. The conditions to last season’s trade weren’t met so the pick was returned to the Vikings. They were then able to use that pick to acquire Akers again in an in-season trade.

None of the 18 trades included a 1st-round pick. For the first time in a long time, all 32 teams will enter the offseason holding their own 1st-round pick.