There’s been quite a lot of motion within the weeks main as much as the 2024 NFL commerce deadline. Several stars, together with receivers DeAndre Hopkins, Amari Cooper and Davante Adams, have discovered new properties. Then, there was a flurry of offers struck proper earlier than the Nov. 5 deadline.
It’s nonetheless too early to correctly choose how these trades will go this season, however we are able to look again on the largest names that have been traded earlier than final yr’s deadline and see how a lot — or how little — they have been profitable.
Cam Akers is again with the Vikings after his 2023 season ended early attributable to harm. (Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images)
Trade 2023: The Vikings acquired Akers and a conditional 2026 seventh-round decide from the Los Angeles Rams for a conditional 2026 sixth-round decide.
The outcomes: Akers was an honest choice behind starter Alexander Mattison when he arrived in Minnesota. In six video games, he had 38 carries for 138 yards and a landing, together with 11 receptions for 70 yards. However, Akers tore his Achilles tendon in November, ending his season. The Vikings completed 7-10 and missed the playoffs.
Last month, Akers returned to Minnesota for the second time after a quick stint with the Houston Texans in alternate for conditional 2026 draft picks. The 25-year-old was the Vikings’ No. 2 working again in Week 9. In reduction of Aaron Jones, Akers carried the ball six instances for 46 yards with two receptions for 7 yards in a win over the Colts. Minnesota improved to 6-2.
The quarterback Joshua Dobbs that Minnesota
Joshua Dobbs went 2-2 because the Vikings’ beginning quarterback. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Trade 2023: The Vikings acquired QB Dobbs and a 2024 seventh-round decide from the Cardinals for a 2024 sixth-round decide.
The outcomes: Minnesota traded for Dobbs after beginning quarterback Kirk Cousins suffered a season-ending Achilles harm. The determination paid off instantly as Dobbs got here off the bench and led the Vikings to a comeback win over the Atlanta Falcons. Dobbs was within the beginning lineup for 2 extra wins, in addition to two losses, earlier than being demoted due largely to his turnover issues (three misplaced fumbles, 5 interceptions) in Minnesota.
The Vikings completed 1-4 the remainder of the season with Dobbs on the bench. In March he signed a one-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers. He is listed because the third-string quarterback on the depth chart, behind Brock Purdy and Brandon Allen, and has not appeared in any video games this season.
Rasul Douglas has began almost each sport for the Bills since he was acquired in a midseason commerce. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
Trade 2023: The Bills despatched the Packers a 2024 third-round decide in alternate for Douglas and a 2024 fifth-round decide.
The outcomes: During his first season in Buffalo, Douglas was a destroyer on the sphere, with 4 interceptions, eight passes defensed and two fumble recoveries in 9 common season video games. The Bills have received six of their final eight video games to clinch the AFC East. Douglas was additionally named AFC Defensive Player of the Week after three move breakups, two interceptions and a landing efficiency in Week 17 in opposition to the Patriots. An harm stored Douglas out of Buffalo’s first playoff sport, however he returned within the divisional spherical in opposition to the Chiefs and compelled a fumble.
This season, Douglas has began each sport for the Bills, remaining a key member of the protection. He has 36 tackles, a team-high 5 passes defensed and one pressured fumble. The Bills at present sit at No. 1 within the AFC East with a 7-2 report.
Mecole Hardman and the Chiefs purpose to change into the NFL’s first back-to-back champions. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
Trade 2023: The Chiefs acquired Hardman and a 2025 seventh-round decide from the Jets for a 2025 sixth-round decide.
The outcomes: Hardman returned to the Chiefs for a second stint and recorded 14 receptions for 118 yards in six common season video games. Most notably, he helped them win one other Super Bowl championship, his third with the crew. This time, Hardman caught the game-winning touchdown in time beyond regulation.
The Pro Bowler re-signed with Kansas City in June on a one-year contract.
This season, Hardman has 75 receiving yards, 38 speeding yards, 243 returning yards and a speeding landing because the 8-0 Chiefs look to change into the primary triple-peat crew.
Montez Sweat leads the Bears in sacks since becoming a member of the crew halfway via the 2023 season. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Trade 2023: The Bears added Sweat from the Commanders for a 2024 second-round decide.
The outcomes: Sweat was chosen by the Commanders with the twenty sixth general decide within the 2019 NFL Draft and recorded 35.5 sacks and 47 tackles for loss whereas there. But, with Sweat within the closing yr of his deal, Washington determined to commerce him to Chicago in want of a transfer.
The sweat instantly had an affect. In simply 9 video games with the Bears, he led the crew with six sacks – pushing his 2023 complete to a career-high 12.5 sacks – and was named to his first Pro Bowl. This season, Sweat has 15 tackles, six QB tackles and three.5 sacks. The 28-year-old missed Chicago’s final sport on Nov. 4 in opposition to the Cardinals attributable to a shin harm. He at present has a four-year contract extension price $98 million.
Leonard Williams has been a mainstay of Seattle’s protection the previous two seasons. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
Trade 2023: The Seahawks added Williams from the Giants for a 2024 second-round decide and a 2025 fifth-round decide.
The outcomes: Williams isn’t any stranger to being traded on the deadline, having been despatched to the Giants by the New York Jets in 2019. The Giants used their franchise tag on Williams in 2020 after which signed him to a three-year, $63 million extension {dollars} the next yr.
Williams capitalized on his second rally. He performed in 10 video games with the Seahawks in 2023, ending with 4 sacks and 41 tackles in that span. However, the crew ended up narrowly lacking the playoffs with a 9–8 report. After re-signing with Seattle in March on a three-year, $64.5 million extension, the 2015 first-round decide has totaled 21 tackles and a pair of.5 sacks in eight video games thus far in 2024. The Seahawks sit on 4-5 within the NFC West.
Defensive finish Chasing younger folks TO San Francisco
Chase Young fired Patrick Mahomes in Super Bowl LVIII whereas he was with the 49ers. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Trade 2023: The 49ers acquired Young from the Commanders in a 2024 third-round decide.
The outcomes: Young performed 9 common season video games for the Niners, the place he reunited with faculty teammate Nick Bosa. In that stretch, Young put collectively a stable, however unspectacular statline: 10 mixed tackles, 2.5 sacks and 6 quarterback hits. The former No. 1 decide. 2 general additionally recorded 11 mixed tackles within the playoffs, and had a sack and two hits as a QB in San Francisco’s Super Bowl loss to the Chiefs.
However, Young wasn’t a dependable sufficient edge rusher for the 49ers to re-sign. He entered free company in 2024 and signed a one-year, $13 million contract with the New Orleans Saints. The 25-year-old has two sacks this season and leads the 2-7 Saints in QB hits with 12, matching the entire he had when he was named the 2020 AP Defensive Rookie of the Year.
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