NFL Trade Deadline Thread
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Jeremy Fowler
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Source: #Browns trading WR Donovan Peoples-Jones to the #Lions
Adam Schefter
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Comp update; Detroit Lions traded a 6th-round pick in 2025 for Donovan Peoples-Jones.
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Source: #Browns trading WR Donovan Peoples-Jones to the #Lions
Adam Schefter
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Comp update; Detroit Lions traded a 6th-round pick in 2025 for Donovan Peoples-Jones.
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Yeah, pretty much all of it. I mean there is a lot of talk about Purdy and the offense (rightfully so), but the defense has been the bigger culprit. Oh, and Jake Moody for missing too many FGs.
I saw some crazy stat that Oliver has given up 20 catches on his last 20 targets. Having a sick DL is great and all, but the secondary/coverage is getting destroyed on quick release stuff where you’d need a teleporter to sack the QB in that timeframe.
I was thinking about the financial implications. Load up on stars that cost a fortune, extend some to stay under the cap, but at some point the bill comes due and when it does, it's a doozy.
Yeah and the crazy part is both Lenoir and Ward have pretty good stats. It's mainly quick slot stuff (or even deep slot stuff). Young is great if healthy, but I was hoping for Jaylon Johnson. Lenoir slides inside and things look so much better if they could've gotten him.
Young and Gregory really don't cost anything financially either though (that would change if they extended them), but for this season they're basically free.
Weak deadline. If they plan to spend in FA, while letting these guys go, then the comp pick offset means they get nothing. So you should have cashed in or you have to be prepared to resign them.
Dugger and Onwenu seem like guys who they’d want to and need to try to retain
I’d be shocked if they kept Uche long term but perhaps his market doesn’t play out the way he expects and he comes back for a reasonable deal. Not sure they’d even want him given his limitations but getting after the QB is important and I can’t imagine his injury and one dimensional nature made him a valuable target for other teams.
I’d be shocked if they kept Uche long term but perhaps his market doesn’t play out the way he expects and he comes back for a reasonable deal. Not sure they’d even want him given his limitations but getting after the QB is important and I can’t imagine his injury and one dimensional nature made him a valuable target for other teams.
I'd give Dugger big bucks only if they intend to play him at the role he was at last year, if they want him playing deep safety for as many snaps as he's been this season, I don't think he's a difference maker, and I kinda wonder if that role in this defense just leads to guys with a certain skill set shining in general. Chung was awesome at it after a bad first stint, Adrian Phillips was really good there too, now Peppers is making plays all over the field. Onwenu is a good player, don't know how much I'd overextend for him either due to positional value, but I'd be willing to give him some money if he's set at RT. Uche to me is a JAG, there are tons of Uches all over the league.
Looking around the league, other than the 2 guys for WAS, nobody major moved. DEN WRs have been on the block for like 6 months. Jaylon Johnson no deal... makes me think that the offers for Dugger Uche were something like a 6th or a late round swap. No reason to make those deals, flexibility to keep them probably worth that.
Edit- also Uche is hurt, so may well have had no real offer for him... why rent a guy who you don't know how much you'll get.
Edit- also Uche is hurt, so may well have had no real offer for him... why rent a guy who you don't know how much you'll get.
Commanders were apparently asking for a 3rd for Jacob Brissett. Seems like they played themselves.