NFL trade deadline: Four Eagles, a star Colt and two starting QBs included among top 25 candidates — SkimNews
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- NFL trade deadline is exactly two weeks away, with 25 targets spread across 10 team situations, following high-profile deals this season that sent Joey Porter Jr. to the Cowboys, Marvin Harrison Jr. to the Texans and Quenton Nelson to the Seahawks for a pair of draft picks.
- Saquon Barkley makes sense as a running back target despite option bonuses complicating his contract and a hamstring pull muddying his availability, as the Eagles' struggles, his age and teams' search for explosiveness at the position all factor in.
- Jonathan Taylor is movable at a manageable price: the Colts would incur only $10 million in dead money next year, and the back's 4.2 yards per carry comes alongside a 55% rushing success rate.
- Tuli Tuipulotu has just two sacks in six games but ranks 23rd in pressure rate among 148 players with 100-plus pass-rush snaps and 18th in havoc play rate, giving teams a 24-year-old edge rusher to acquire ahead of his free agency.
- Brian Thomas Jr. logged no second-half snaps in Jacksonville's last game as rookie Josh Cameron and two-way star Travis Hunter moved ahead of him, after a rookie season with a stronger high-level production track record than Marvin Harrison Jr., who fetched a second-round pick in a trade.
- Kirk Cousins is running out of time under center as Klint Kubiak already fields questions about handing the reins to Fernando Mendoza, making the veteran quarterback a deadline target for teams needing a backup or fill-in starter, though the Raiders might keep him to mentor Mendoza.
- Jacoby Brissett is expendable in Arizona if the Cardinals turn to third-round pick Carson Beck sooner and use his availability to decide whether to select a quarterback in next year's draft.
Why it matters: Goedert's $1.3 million base salary and the $10 million in dead money the Colts would owe next year for Taylor make both affordable for teams shopping for a reliable tight end or a 55% rushing-success-rate back. The source's 25 targets span 10 team situations, so the deadline's real story is broader than the four Eagles.
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