Tag: Trade Rumors

Pittsburgh radio host describes rumored trade package for Jaguars’ WR

Pittsburgh radio host Andrew Filliponi of 93.7 The Fan discussed the rumored trade package for WR Christian Kirk, prior to his injury.

It is rumored that the ‘Khan Artist’ was nearly conned at his own game. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ General Manager Omar Khan is beloved in the Steel City for his stellar draft selections, trade negotiations, and free agency signings.

However, a rumor coined by Pittsburgh radio host Andrew Filliponi of 93.7 The Fan, described on social media, suggests that the Steelers were extremely close to overpaying in a trade for Jacksonville Jaguars WR Christian Kirk, prior to his season-ending collarbone injury.

According to Filliponi, the rumor claimed Pittsburgh would have sent a 2025 third-round draft selection to Jacksonville in exchange for Kirk..

While fans should take the rumor with a grain of salt, if true, the Steelers’ trade for New York Jets WR Mike Williams looks even more outstanding, as the 2025 fifth-round compensation given up is nowhere near as valuable as a third-round draft pick.

Williams should fit nicely into the offensive scheme in Pittsburgh, and fans could catch a glimpse of the Russell Wilson-Williams connection as early as Week 10, when the Steelers take on the Commanders on November 10th at 1:00 PM EST.

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Report: Chargers have shown interest in trading for WR K.J. Osborn

The Chargers are looking to add another weapon for Justin Herbert.

According to Boston Sports Journal’s Mike Giardi, the Chargers are one of the teams that has shown interest in trading for Patriots wide receiver K.J. Osborn.

Osborn hasn’t been that productive this season in New England, only with seven catches for 57 yards and a touchdown in six games. But he’s proven to be impactful in his professional career.

In four seasons with the Vikings, where he played before signing with the Patriots, Osborn caught 160 passes for a total of 1,865 yards and 16 touchdowns in those games

Currently sitting at 5-3 and well positioned to make the playoffs, Los Angeles finds itself as buyers ahead of the trade deadline. And it appears the team wants to bolster the wide receiver room.

Ladd McConkey has impressed in his rookie season. Quentin Johnston has shown signs of improvement in his sophomore campaign. D.J. Chark has yet to make his Charger debut due to a hip injury.

This is a position that could benefit from another playmaker for Justin Herbert, as the Bolts continue to find their stride in the passing game.

Dan Campbell gets coy about Lions potential trade deadline plans

Detroir coach Dan Campbell gets coy about Lions potential trade deadline plans during his press conference

The NFL trade deadline is next Tuesday. It’s fair to say the Detroit Lions and head coach Dan Campbell are acutely aware of that time frame.

One of the first questions for Campbell at his Monday press conference following the Lions 52-14 win over the Tennessee Titans was about any potential trade winds blowing. Campbell played it coyly when asked if anything was imminent.

“It could be, yeah,” Campbell said.

When asked a quick follow-up about if GM Brad Holmes had come to the coach with any trades, Campbell upped the coyness.

“Yeah, could be,” Campbell said with a wry smile.Campbell said with a wry smile.

Trades are already starting to go down, including the Kansas City Chiefs acquiring pass rusher Josh Uche from the Patriots for a 6th-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

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Browns DE a hot commodity on the trade market

Could the Browns sell more of their 30-and-up players at the trade deadline? One defensive end is all over trade rumors right now.

While the Cleveland Browns are not going to trade defensive end Myles Garrett, his running mate Za’Darius Smith continues to be named in trade rumors.

With names like Garrett and Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders being told they are not for sale, Smith is the next man up. Under contract through 2025 as well, the acquiring team would not be getting just a rental either.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Smith has “drawn some attention across the league.”

The Browns are sitting at 1-6 and taking on the red-hot Baltimore Ravens. Their season is essentially already over. Recouping some draft capital for aging veterans over 30 years old may be their best move. With the emergence of second-year player Isaiah McGuire, the Browns may want to see what they have in him the rest of the way out.

ESPN proposes trades for Panthers QB Bryce Young, RB Miles Sanders

What could the Panthers get if they traded QB Bryce Young and/or RB Miles Sanders? Here’s what ESPN’s Bill Barnwell thinks:

If the Carolina Panthers don’t have much use for quarterback Bryce Young and running back Miles Sanders at the moment, then maybe they can find a few teams who would.

That’s what ESPN staff writer Bill Barnwell has just pitched, as he proposed 12 win-win trade deadline scenarios in a new article on Thursday. Among the 12 are two deals for the Panthers, one of which sends Young to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a conditional 2026 fourth-round draft pick.

Barnwell writes:

The Panthers can say they still see Young as their quarterback of the future and that they have no intention of trading the 2023 first overall pick, but actions speak louder than words. Benching a quarterback of the future two games into his second season suggests Carolina doesn’t see Young in the same way as it did as recently as this summer. The franchise likely will be back in the quarterback market next spring, and while it could hold onto Young, it might want a veteran backup (like Andy Dalton) for their next starter.

Young was benched at the beginning of Week 3, after throwing for zero touchdowns and three interceptions while leading the Panthers to just 13 points and an 0-2 record. Since turning to Dalton, Carolina has averaged 22.5 points per game and has converted on 40.8 percent of their third-down attempts.

The conditional pick in this proposal would upgrade to a third-rounder if Young throws for 1,500 yards in 2025 or a second-rounder if he throws for 3,000 yards.

Next is Sanders, who could fit with the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs if he’s eventually phased out in Carolina:

Sending a seventh-round pick to the Panthers would add another back with an uncertain ceiling to the rotation, but none of the backs on the Kansas City roster should be considered as guarantees to keep their role. Sanders has a higher ceiling than any guy the Chiefs have, and with experience playing under Doug Pederson earlier in his career, he should have a bit of a handle on Andy Reid’s offense. Once Pacheco returns, Sanders could play in the Jerick McKinnon role as a change-of-pace back. The Chiefs would make this pick swap only with the Panthers if Sanders plays one offensive snap for them in the postseason, leaving this as a relatively risk-free deal.

With Chuba Hubbard thriving in the lead role, Sanders has been regulated to just 30 carries over six games. He may see even less work at some point, as the team opened the practice window for 2024 second-round pick Jonathon Brooks on Wednesday.

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Brad Holmes checking due diligence boxes on veteran pass rushers

Brad Holmes checking due diligence boxes on veteran pass rushers Haason Reddick and Za’Darius Smith, but don’t confuse due diligence for “Detroit’s making a move!”

The quest to fill the Lions roster holes at EDGE, after losing starters Marcus Davenport and now Aidan Hutchinson to season-ending injuries, has taken over the discussion in Detroit.

Lions GM Brad Holmes already started the process by signing young EDGE Isaiah Thomas from the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad. Holmes isn’t done looking, however.

Numerous reports, including from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, indicate Holmes and the Lions have had conversations with the New York Jets about veteran Haason Reddick. The former Eagles, Panthers and Cardinals sack artist is holding out after being traded to New York from Philadelphia in April. The Jets have now given Reddick, who has topped 10 sacks in each of the last four seasons while playing for three different teams, permission to try and find a trade partner.

As Fowler noted in his report, this is Holmes performing “due diligence” on potential solutions. There are also unsubstantiated reports the Lions have talked to the Cleveland Browns about veteran Za’Darius Smith. The 32-year-old also fits the profile of a “role player” that head coach Dan Campbell indicated the Lions were looking for, though he does carry a salary cap obligation of almost $10 million in 2025.

Holmes’ job is to explore every opportunity. It appears he is doing so, based on the reports. However, don’t confuse “talking about” with “trading for”; there are way too many variables and factors on both sides of those equations to read any certainty into Holmes doing anything more than his obligated due diligence at this point.

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Lions ‘looking’ at trade market but ‘not panicked’ despite losing Aidan Hutchinson

Dan Campbell says the Lions are ‘looking’ at trade market but he and GM Brad Holmes are ‘not panicked’ despite losing Aidan Hutchinson

The Detroit Lions are actively seeking solutions to the devastating loss of top pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson. The front-runner for Defensive Player of the Year is out for the season after suffering a broken left leg that required immediate surgery in Detroit’s 47-9 win in Dallas in Week 6.

As head coach Dan Campbell met with the media back in Detroit on Monday, he laid out the potential for the Lions to make a move to potentially bring in a player via trade. Campbell noted GM Brad Holmes is already hard at work.

“Brad (Holmes) always – this comes up every year, and it’s not like he doesn’t look,” Campbell said. “So, he’s doing what he’s been doing, he’s looking – is there somebody out there that could potentially help us, what is it going to cost?

And so, those things will always come up, but just because that’s there, it doesn’t mean we’re going to do it, and it’s got to be right if it is. Everything’s got to be right. And honestly, where we’re at now, we’re not in a hurry. I mean, I believe in the guys that are here. I believe in that D-line.”

The defensive line that Campbell mentioned is now down both Week 1 EDGE starters in Hutchinson and Marcus Davenport, who is also out for the season. In addition, veteran DT Kyle Peko went down with a potentially serious chest injury in the win in Dallas.

The focus, of course, is on Hutchinson. Campbell continued his thought on the idea of a potential trade,

“Doesn’t mean we’re not looking, we’re not evaluating. Brad is, that’s his job and he’s good at it, and we’ll take it as it comes. But our eyes are open, and we want to make sure that we have what we need here.”

After discussing the internal possibilities, which include Isaac Ukwu, Mitchell Agude, Al-Quadin Muhammad and James Houston (listed by Campbell in that order), Campbell added this vote of confidence in who is already in the room,

“They’re going to do what we ask them to do and they’re going to go all-out to do it, and while they’re doing it, they’re going to continue to grow. Ukwu will get better every week.

And so, look, everything’s on the table, but we’re not panicked, Brad (Holmes) and I are not panicked, and this team’s not panicked. It’s next man up, and if we have an area we need some help, then we’ve got to help each other out a little bit here and we may have to play a little bit different and that’s OK.”

Read into that what you will.

Maxx Crosby makes it clear he’s not being traded anywhere, period

Raiders star EDGE Maxx Crosby makes it clear he’s not being traded anywhere, period, and he’s insulted that people think he wants out

On the topic of the rampant speculation about a potential trade for Las Vegas Raiders EDGE Maxx Crosby, it’s time for Detroit Lions fans to heed the words of Van Halen.

“Dream another dream, this dream is over.”

While Lions fans have almost demanded on social media for GM Brad Holmes to make a trade for Crosby, it’s not happening.

In the 90-second clip, Crosby effectively insults anyone who thinks he wants to leave Las Vegas and calls out all the false speculation about any potential trades.

“I’ve got to hear from these clowns talking online and talking on the Pat McAfee Show saying ‘something’s going on’, they’re speaking for me saying I should be on the sideline when I’ve got a high ankle sprain,” Crosby said. “These clowns, they’re sitting on a coach telling me what I should be doing.”

Crosby, who played collegiately at Eastern Michigan and is from the Detroit area, got more animated and agitated as he continued,

“But the reality is, I’m gaining yardage and trying to get right so I can get back on the field. Everybody knows my intentions but they try to speak for me. (Expletive) if you speak to me and you know what’s going on then we can have a conversation, but don’t speak on my name when you don’t know what the hell is going on.”

Crosby wasn’t done.

“These guys (Raiders teammates) know I’d take a bullet for them. You’ve got clowns that are online and talking … it’s embarrassing. Don’t speak for me. I’m going to speak for my guys and that’s all I care about.

I get bothered by that because, you now I take a lot of heat and I can do it. I’ve been through that. But don’t speak about me when you don’t know what’s going on. You’re speaking for me, or speaking about the organization.”

Crosby concluded,

“Come on bro, you know where I want to be. You think I want to be anywhere else?I got this (expletive) tatted on my body. I don’t want to go anywhere. At the end of the day, it’s just funny. A lot of people have a lot to say when they really don’t know what’s going on.”

The Raiders are 2-3 after losing to the Broncos in Week 5 but are still just one game out of a playoff spot in the very turbulent AFC. Crosby has never even hinted he wants a trade, unlike teammate Davante Adams.

Not that the Lions would have any real interest in trading multiple first-round picks for Crosby–if he were even made available for a trade. Dream another dream…

Don’t expect the Lions to be involved in the Davante Adams trade discussions

Don’t expect the Lions to be involved in the trade talks for Raiders All-Pro WR Davante Adams, for a variety of reasons

By all appearances, the Las Vegas Raiders are ready to at least seriously consider trade offers for star wide receiver Davante Adams. That process has quickly accelerated from a more abstract idea to something that increasingly looks like it could happen in the coming days.

And as the process quickly spins forward, it’s becoming increasinly clear the Detroit Lions are not one of the teams expected to be involved in the trade talks for Adams.

Numerous league sources, including Adam Schefter to Dianna Russini, mention a handful of teams already in conversations with the Raiders and Adams in terms of potential trade partners. The Lions are not among any of the lists — beyond those that are simply speculating that Detroit would be a good landing spot because of their relative need at wide receiver.

The Lions would indeed make a great place for Adams, who has consistently been one of the NFL’s most prolific receivers across multiple offenses and different quarterbacks. Alas, the process of acquiring the 31-year-old All-Pro puts a real damper on Detroit’s chances, for a variety of reasons.

First, compensation. The Lions already dealt away their third-round pick in 2024 (for Giovanni Manu). Any other trades, like one for Adams, would carve away more draft assets for GM Brad Holmes, who has stridently built a Super Bowl contender with savvy drafting.

Adams will be a very expensive rental for the remainder of 2024, too. With per-game bonuses, he costs just under $1 million per week. The Lions can afford that under the cap, but it would significantly chip into the all-important cap rollover that Holmes & Co. depend upon to make their cap management strategy viable. Adams contract balloons to over $35 million in salary for 2025 with none of it guaranteed–meaning he’s going to be released by whomever trades for him and then starting over fresh.

The simple business side of the Adams contract would preclude the Lions from being involved, based on everything we’ve seen from this management regime. It also doesn’t really fit with the Ben Johnson offense as its currently constructed.

Adams is a high-volume target and an elite one, too. So is Amon-Ra St. Brown. So is Sam LaPorta, though he hasn’t quite hit his stride yet in 2024. Jameson Williams has emerged as the big-play threat the offense needed to balance them. Adams would definitely be an upgrade to the corps, but it would come at the expense of touches for the stars already on the field. That’s also not what this Lions regime is proven to be about.

Steelers fans react to Davante Adams trade rumors

The Pittsburgh Steelers find themselves once again in the middle of a possible trade scenario, and this one involves star WR Davante Adams.

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Pittsburgh is rumored to be among the current favorites to trade for a superstar wide receiver. After the Brandon Aiyuk trade fell apart, Steelers fans are more than likely sick to their stomachs when hearing the words ‘trade’ and ‘receiver’ in the same sentence.

However, there appears to be some traction to one such trade rumor involving arguably the best wide receiver in the NFL today, current Raider Davante Adams.

Steelers fans have been watching the rumors closely, and now it appears Adams has requested a trade this Tuesday afternoon.

Steelers fans, myself included, are ready to be hurt again by the latest trade news regarding a star wide receiver, and here are some of the best fan reactions to the news:

 

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