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Welcome to The Athletic's 2025 coverage of the 2025 NFL trade deadline. Below you will find every trade since October and here is where you can keep track of every trade that takes place from now until Tuesday's 4 p.m. ET deadline.
The Titans exchange the pass rusher for a conditional fifth-round pick, a league source told The Athletic on Monday.
The Eagles acquire the Miami pass rusher for a 2026 third-round pick, league sources told The Athletic on Monday.
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It’s a common story across the NFL: Team goes through defensive coaching change, and a once-prominent member of that defense falls out of favor due to age, scheme fit, personality clashes or any of the above. That definitely describes Logan Wilson’s situation in Cincinnati right now. The once-stalwart linebacker and defensive captain has requested a trade after his benching midway through Al Golden’s first season as Bengals defensive coordinator. (Ironically, Golden was Wilson’s position coach on the 2021 Bengals team that reached the Super Bowl.)
Wilson can still play, with 46 tackles this year after on the heels of four straight seasons of at least 100 tackles. Former Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo is now in the same role on the 7-2 Colts, but linebacker is actually one of the strengths of an inconsistent Indianapolis defense.
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Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson, a defensive captain, requests trade
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The New York Jets continue to get calls on defensive end Jermaine Johnson, who's provided New York's defense a boost of late after battling injury earlier in the season. The 26-year-old is effective both rushing the quarterback and in the run game, recording 19 tackles and a sack in five games this season.
Johnson's 2024 campaign was cut short by an achilles injury but he appears to be healthy once again and continues to be a pivotal piece for what the Jets are trying to build, hence the steep asking price. He's also in the fourth year of his rookie deal with a team option for 2026.
Week 9 of the 2025 NFL season isn’t over just yet! We’re heading out to Arlington for a “Monday Night Football” clash between the Arizona Cardinals and a Dallas Cowboys team looking to get back to .500 on the season.
You can follow our live coverage of the game, including real-time insight and analysis from our NFL writers at AT&T Stadium, right here.
The fifth-round pick that the Ravens are sending to the Titans for OLB Dre’Mont Jones is the one Baltimore got from the Jets during the 2025 NFL Draft, per a team source.
LAS VEGAS — They were letting it ride. They had it schemed up beautifully. And as the winner-take-all play that would decide Sunday’s game at Allegiant Stadium unfolded, Geno Smith’s eyes got big, envisioning a dramatic game-winning pass to an old, reliable friend.
For the Las Vegas Raiders, a team whose offense had taken half a season to show a pulse, it was all there for the taking.
And then, in an instant, it was all bad: another sordid Sunday, in another season slipping away, for an organization and fan base tired of trudging forward into the same old gust of autumn wind.
The Ravens are trading for Titans pass rusher Dre’Mont Jones, a league source tells The Athletic. Baltimore will send a conditional fifth-round pick to Tennessee.
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Ravens acquire Titans LB Dre’Mont Jones for fifth-round pick: Source
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Mark Andrews has been Lamar Jackson’s most reliable target since the two came into the league together as first-round picks in the 2018 NFL Draft. And the veteran tight end can still play, as evidenced by his two touchdown catches in Miami last Thursday. But the Ravens are still 3-5 on the season, and Andrews can become a free agent in the spring.
The 30-year-old Andrews has 26 catches for 230 yards and four touchdowns this season. It’s worth noting that the three-time Pro Bowler was one of Baker Mayfield’s primary pass-catchers when the two were college teammates at Oklahoma.
EAGAN, Minn. — On Sunday, the Minnesota Vikings felt like a different team even though they hadn’t made any acquisitions, and most of the roster remained unchanged. You see, health matters.
Beating the Lions in Detroit was a snapshot of the front office’s original intent this season. The Vikings brass envisioned an offense with enough protection and skill players to buoy young quarterback J.J. McCarthy. Defensively, the outline featured a dominant front.
A bevy of injuries had prevented that picture from coming to fruition — until Sunday. Four of the five primary offensive linemen played. Edge rusher Andrew Van Ginkel returned to fortify the defensive line. Receivers Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison and Jalen Nailor were all active. Running back Aaron Jones was available.
If you haven’t done so yet, and want to kill some time while waiting for the trade deadline to really heat up, be sure to check out The Athletic’s incredible 2025 NFL Playoff Simulator designed by our analytics expert Austin Mock!
To start, simply chose your favorite team, then select the outcomes for each of your team's remaining games this season. You can then scroll down and pick outcomes for every other NFL game remaining this season. You can also check out Austin’s full current playoff projections after Sunday’s games by scrolling down on the simulator’s landing page. Here are some of Austin’s takeaways from Sunday’s action:
The Phildelphia Eagles acquired linebacker Jaelan Phillips from the Miami Dolphins this morning. Here are your views on the deal:
Always a fun exercise to see what you thought about the acquired player when he was coming out of college.
Here were our rankings with of 20 options from mid-1st to mid-2nd in the 2021 draft. I had Jaelean Phillips ranked No. 2:
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The Miami Dolphins traded pass rusher Jaelan Phillips to the Philadelphia Eagles for a 2026 third-round pick, according to league sources.
The Eagles have 16 sacks this season, tied for the ninth-fewest in the league, ranking only ahead of the San Francisco 49ers (11 sacks) and Jacksonville Jaguars (10) among teams currently in the playoff field. And only about a quarter of that production has come from the Eagles’ edge rush. Philadelphia has only generated 4.5 sacks from edge rushers this season, with 1.5 of those coming from the now-retired Za’Darius Smith.
The Eagles were an average pass-rushing team in 2023 and 2024 after their extraordinary 70-sack output in 2022, so this issue has been building for a while. Phillips, a first-round pick in 2021, has plenty of physical ability when healthy. He tallied 22 sacks in his first 42 games, but he tore his Achilles in 2023 and his ACL in 2024. He has three sacks so far this season.
With exactly 24 hours until the NFL trade deadline, here are your league-wide views:
Watching Jaxson Dart rubbing two sticks together to try to make a spark with this supporting cast could lead to calls for a trade to upgrade his weapons. Let’s set aside the absurdity of a 2-7 team being buyers at Tuesday’s trade deadline under any circumstance and drill down on why it would be particularly egregious for Joe Schoen to deal away draft assets for an immediate upgrade: The reason the Giants are in this dire position is because of Schoen’s failures.
Yes, Malik Nabers was a hit with the No. 6 pick last year, and his torn ACL in Week 4 was a crushing blow. But the Giants still have Wan'Dale Robinson, who was a second-round pick in 2022, Darius Slayton, who Schoen signed to a three-year, $36 million contract in the offseason, and Jalin Hyatt, who Schoen traded up for in the third round of the 2023 draft.
Schoen made this bed, so he should have to lie in it. If he makes a desperate trade for a receiver this week, it would further illustrate the mistake of keeping this regime for a hot-seat season.
The reality is that having bad receivers as a rookie won’t do irreparable damage to Dart. So the Giants need to operate with the big picture in mind, which means holding onto valuable draft picks, which, as usual under this regime, are on pace to be near the top of each round.
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After firing general manager Chris Grier, the Dolphins appear to be waving the white flag on this season which means veterans like Bradley Chubb could be on the move.
Chubb was traded to Miami in 2022 with the idea of helping to transform a Dolphins defense that never took the next step. Three years later, the veteran pass rusher could be dealt again.
The 29-year-old has totaled 14 tackles and four sacks this season, appearing in all nine of Miami's games.
The NFL trade deadline is Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET, with teams racing to upgrade their roster for the stretch run and the postseason.
When making trades, however, teams must consider more than just how the acquisition fits into their roster. New players must also fit into the structure of the teams salary cap.
Unlike in the NBA, which puts different taxes on teams that go over, that is not possible in the NFL. The cap is the cap, and teams must remain compliant throughout the season. Because of this, teams that are tight up against the cap will be restricted in who they can target on the trade market. Teams with more cap space have more flexibility.
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Breece Hall is yet another New York Jet that has garnered interest around the league but it remains unclear if the organization has plans to trade him as he seeks a new contract this offseason.
The 24-year-old is still one of the most talented backs in the league with explosive play and pass catching abilities. He's rushed for 581 yards on 117 carries this season, averaging 5.0 yards per attempt with two touchdowns. Hall has also caught 21 passes for 178 yards.
With the Jets sitting at 1-7, teams around the league have understandably checked in to gauge New York's willingness to move on from some of its best assets including defensive tackle Quinnen Williams. He's been a core piece for the Jets for several years hence why the team's asking price remains high.
Williams has recorded 17 tackles, one sack and three forced fumbles this season despite constantly seeing double teams.
PITTSBURGH — With just over 24 hours until the NFL trade deadline, the Steelers took one step to address their wide receiver room. Veteran receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling will be signed to Pittsburgh’s practice squad, according to a team source.
Valdes-Scantling, 31, has tallied 209 receptions for 3,606 yards and 20 touchdowns in his eight-year career. He also won two Super Bowls with the Chiefs. Beyond championship rings and stats, Valdes-Scantling also has plenty of familiarity with quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
From 2018 to 2021, Valdes-Scantling played four seasons alongside Rodgers in Green Bay. The receiver’s best season with the future Hall of Fame QB came in 2020, when Valdes-Scantling made 33 catches for 690 yards and six touchdowns. He also led the league with 20.9 yards per catch in 2020. Last week, after the Steelers worked out the veteran receiver, Rodgers spoke glowingly about his former teammate.
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