Cleveland's Myles Garrett and San Francisco's Deebo Samuel could be traded this offseason. News of Garrett's trade request sent reverberations through Radio Row during Super Bowl week -- especially as he made the rounds in New Orleans. The Browns have given zero indication they are interested in actually moving the star pass rusher. Still, trading him would give Cleveland a chance to seriously recharge its draft stock -- and he's the kind of player who could make a huge impact on a team looking to take that last step to the Super Bowl.
In fact, Lions pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson essentially said as much during a recent appearance on "The Squeeze" podcast. Like Von Miller when he joined the Los Angeles Rams a few years ago -- or Charles Haley with the Cowboys, if you're somehow old enough to remember that -- Garrett could push a contender over the top.
As for Deebo, the market might not be so robust for a player whose yards-per-touch mark declined from 11.5 in 2023 to 8.7 last season, especially since he would join a pool of potential free agents such as Tee Higgins, Chris Godwin, Stefon Diggs and Amari Cooper if released. There's also Cooper Kupp, who the Rams are looking to deal this offseason. Plus, there are for the Niners to consider. Yeah, maybe don't put your house on the market, Deebo.
Along these lines, I'm looking at four star players who should be traded. Will they? Maybe not. But it's a fun exercise for early in the offseason.
Tyreek Hill's public expression of frustration at the end of a down season for Miami made it seem like he could soon be headed for a new home. Since then, a good amount of has been dumped on that notion, thanks in part to public comments by the five-time All-Pro and the team -- but it been . And I still kind of like the idea of moving him if the price is right. Yes, he's turning 31 in March and just failed to top 12 yards per catch and six TD grabs in the same season for the first time since his rookie year. Still, he should have plenty of value as the final piece for a team that is on the brink of winning a Super Bowl. And let's be honest: that description does not fit the Dolphins. Hate to break it to you, but they play in the same conference as the Chiefs, Bengals, Ravens, Bills and Broncos.
So, which trading partner might make the most sense? Wait for it: the Kansas City Chiefs. On one hand, the Chiefs proved -- twice! -- that they can win a Super Bowl title without Hill. On the other, a steady dip in explosiveness since they traded him to Miami in 2022 finally caught up with them in Super Bowl LIX, when they finished with the second lowest yardage total (275) of Patrick Mahomes' playoff career. Kansas City has other jobs to do, like beefing up Mahomes' protection, and Xavier Worthy showed promise as a rookie. But hey, maybe it would be a good idea to give Mahomes more capable receivers, especially with Travis Kelce's future up in the air. And it's not like they are shy about bringing back former pass-catchers or taking swings on the trade market.
As for Hill, perhaps he's realizing he never should have left K.C. in the first place and might welcome a return, like Vin Diesel coming back to the "Fast and the Furious" franchise. Sometimes you just need a little time away to recognize what you really had.
Micah Parsons is one of just seven players to top 50 sacks in his first four 国产外流网seasons. Could the Cowboys really be moving on from the 2021 Defensive Rookie of the Year this early in his career? There are actually ample to think is forthcoming heading into the final year of his rookie contract. Then again, 国产外流网Network Insiders Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport recently reported that the team has internally discussed "whether to pay Parsons or trade him for a king's ransom." And mulling over the trade proposals being thrown around for Myles Garrett, I can't help but wonder what Parsons might fetch.
It's probably a lot. Even before we know what Garrett would actually go for, we can look back at the haul the Raiders extracted from the Bears for Khalil Mack in 2018 as the baseline of a deal for Parsons, with multiple first-rounders and maybe a few players mixed in as well. A swap like that would surely go a long way toward boosting the roster around Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, to whom the team has committed a healthy amount of money.
A deal like this might call to mind two similar trades from Jerry Jones' past. First, there's the Herschel Walker trade that helped jumpstart his franchise rebuild in the 1990s. Then there's Dallas' aforementioned acquisition of Charles Haley in 1992. Haley was a big piece of the Cowboys' '90s dynasty, and the 49ers just gave him up -- only to then be foiled by him in the playoffs. So if Dallas were to trade away Parsons, he's got to go to a team like the Ravens in the AFC; the Cowboys can't just give him away to an NFC team like Detroit or Chicago.
This would be the NFC West receiver I would be looking at this offseason, rather than Samuel or Kupp. I feel DK Metcalf would have the most to offer a team -- like the Commanders, especially if they miss out on other options -- that could use an upgrade at the position; he's still just 27 years old and has topped 900 receiving yards in each of his six pro seasons so far. On the Seahawks' end, they have a budding superstar in Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who posted 1,100 receiving yards and earned his first Pro Bowl nod in 2024. Metcalf is also one of many key players not currently under contract for 2026. I know Seattle was playoff adjacent in 2024, but this feels like a great time to recoup some draft capital in the interest of fostering long-term growth under Mike Macdonald.
Here's another young receiver who could fetch a nice price from a trading partner seeking a true No. 1 pass-catching option. (Right, Green Bay?) Pickens has been , but the Steelers have also trotted out a wide assortment of quarterbacks during his first three seasons in the NFL. Having him as the top target for, say, Jordan Love would be huge for Matt LaFleur's Packers offense. The Steelers also get a chance to avoid an uncomfortable conversation with Pickens when the 2022 second-round pick's contract is up at the end of the 2025 season. And let鈥檚 be completely honest, the Steelers have done a great job over the last few decades of moving on from receivers before issues arise, financial or otherwise.
