Trade-deadline winners, losers: What Jets’ sell-off tells us

The 2025 NFL commerce deadline got here and went on Tuesday with a handful of trades. Some had been anticipated, whereas others weren’t. It appeared to be a vendor’s market with the New York Jets capitalizing on it and restocking their draft-pick cabinet for the subsequent few years.

Let’s check out a few of the greatest winners and losers from Tuesday’s motion.

Winner: Groups seeking to promote

With so many groups within the playoff race and considering they’ve no less than one thing of an opportunity to make a run within the postseason, there weren’t many groups seeking to unload gamers. That meant choices for contending groups had been restricted, and the groups that had been seeking to promote had been going to have the ability to money in.

The New York Jets stockpiled future first- and second-round picks.

The Las Vegas Raiders acquired two draft picks for a rental in Jakobi Meyers, together with a fourth-rounder.

The New Orleans Saints acquired a number of picks, together with a fourth-rounder, for Rashid Shaheed.

On the floor, including Quinnen Williams to the defensive position must be a serious win. Williams is an effective participant, matches a serious want and provides an impression participant to a protection that badly wants extra of them. But additionally … what is the level? The Cowboys are 3-5-1 this season, have not been a critical contender in additional than two years and simply traded away a big a part of their future. 

Is Williams going to place them excessive anytime quickly? 

The larger situation, setting apart the picks or gamers concerned in any of their strikes, is that it simply continues to seem like a company and not using a plan and is simply haphazardly piecing collectively a roster by way of blockbuster strikes and large names whether or not any of it really works collectively.

Talking of that…

Winner: Jerry Jones’ ego

Jones talks a giant sport about desirous to win a Tremendous Bowl, however all the things he does with regards to operating the crew signifies that his larger precedence is simply merely protecting the Cowboys within the information. It does not matter if he makes the correct transfer, or overpays a participant he may have signed for a less expensive value earlier or if he has to commerce away a homegrown famous person (Micah Parsons). All that issues to Jerry is folks speaking about Jerry and the Cowboys. He acquired folks speaking on Monday when he teased a commerce being made, after which went all-in on a season the place his crew is more likely to miss the playoffs. 

The Payments’ Tremendous Bowl window is as huge open as it’s each going to be. Quarterback Josh Allen is within the prime of his profession and enjoying at an elite degree, and the one crew that has constantly stood of their approach — the Kansas City Chiefs — might need to scratch and claw simply to get into the playoffs. 

It is a good time for the Payments to go all-in. Particularly after they nonetheless have main wants at huge receiver and in some areas on protection.

They addressed none of them main as much as the deadline and appear content material to trip with what they’ve. 

Whereas it could be onerous accountable most groups for not desirous to pay a few of the costs that had been on the market, a crew just like the Payments that’s determined for a championship and in a Tremendous Bowl-or-bust mindset ought to have been prepared to pay up a bit of further. Banners fly without end, and Buffalo remains to be searching for its first. 

Winner: Sauce Gardner

Probably the most surprising commerce of the day was simply the Jets’ resolution to commerce Gardner to the Indianapolis Colts for 2 first-round picks and huge receiver AD Mitchell. You’ll be able to debate whether or not or not that was a wise transfer for the Colts or if it is sufficient to get them a championship. The Jets nonetheless must do one thing with these picks, however going from one of many NFL’s greatest groups to an AFC contender is a particular win for Gardner. Particularly when no one predicted it. 

Loser: Breece Corridor

Whereas Corridor’s teammates, Gardner and Williams, had been being moved, the Jets operating again was going by way of some feelings on X with a collection of since-deleted posts. There was reported curiosity in Corridor, however not sufficient to fulfill the Jets’ asking value. Now he stays on a one-win crew that’s set to enter an prolonged rebuild.