NFL Insider Jason La Canfora: 5 Blockbuster Trades Ranked From 0-10 Likeliness Ahead of Deadline

We told you this NFL trade deadline would be bonkers. Derwin James #33 of the Los Angeles Chargers could be on the move before the Nov.10 deadline. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) It’s still really just getting cranked up. Yes, it may be hard to top the Jeffery Simmons blockbuster from last week, which was essentially a starting QB trade when you factor in the value of all the picks sent to Tennessee by the Bears for the defensive tackle. We reported on the ongoing trade talks involving Simmons in the spring and summer, and when he ended up signing a very-lucrative extension with the Titans instead, plenty of people who cover the NFL implied he wouldn’t be going anywhere just a few months later at the mid-season deadline. And, um, he didn’t even make it to Halloween on their roster, let alone Nov. 10. Be careful what you take as fact and be wary of the reasons certain access-merchants are always peddling certain narratives on behalf of certain entities that they “cover,” or should we say assist? The more they push the narrative that a certain player couldn’t possibly be traded – which is a ridiculous concept given that everyone from Babe Ruth to Wayne Gretzky to Joe Montana to Myles Garrett have been traded – they are trying to drive up the price for that asset, because everybody has a price, especially when failing franchises are involved. The teams trying to sell at the NFL deadline are pretty desperate. There are five NFL superstars who could absolutely still be dealt between now and the deadline (the Tuesday after Week 9). On a scale of 1-10, here’s the likelihood of those trades happening. Jonathan Taylor, RB, Colts – 10: This has been in the works for weeks. The “reporters” pretending a back, who will be out of contract by the time the Colts ever get good again as they tear the roster apart, wasn’t going to be a part of the sell-off all along play you for fools. He is the best asset this owner could move, he is the best-of-breed available at his position by a wide margin, and he always had a price tag on his head of a second-round pick (and ideally a lil somethin’ extra). “Of course he’s getting traded,” one GM told me before all the breathless recent reporting about Taylor’s days in Indy being numbered. The Packers or Giants would make some sense. Maxx Crosby, EDGE, Raiders – 8: He was already traded to Baltimore in March, then the Ravens GM chickened out. They may be the biggest beneficiaries of the Simmons deal; the Raiders were never going to budge on what they got from Baltimore (almost), and now it might be more. Debate remains whether someone will offer two first-round picks, but this is the premier early-down run defender on the edge who never leaves the field and generates an elite 17% pressure rate despite the high-volume snap count. “I think they get what they want,” one longtime NFL personnel exec suggested to me over the weekend. Derwin James, S, Chargers – 7.5: They could make the case their winless season is something of a blip and that they aren’t that far off, but this is an ownership group that won’t shy from shedding salary and he is something of the unicorn, chess-piece hybrid LB/S that makes the Mike Macdonald defense work. Everyone wants to rip off Macdonald’s defense after winning the Super Bowl. With the arms race already running hot among contending front offices, we expect someone to pry him away. Garrett Wilson, WR, Jets – 6: We get a few more stories about how impossible it is for him to ever be traded in a million years and I’ll bump him up to a 7. It’s ridiculous. It’s almost like they all got the same text at the same time. Look, they are a perpetually-rebuilding team, they sold high on Sauce Gardner a year ago (I recall plenty of the same people saying he wouldn’t be dealt), colleges are producing top WRs at a high rate and several contenders really need a true play maker and the market is scarce. “Untouchable? Come on,” the GM said. Exectly. Yeah, he has been on bad offenses, but Wilson has never had 8 TD catches in a season; we are talking a league-average 12 yards per catch. “I think they can get an overpay for him if someone is desperate enough,” another longtime personnel exec said. Me too. Sounds to me like the Jets are desperate for that themselves. Justin Herbert, QB, Chargers – 3: It takes a true need and supply vs demand and all those factors working to get a move like this in-season. Now, some team that was expecting to draft a QB in 2027 could try to leap the impending offseason inquires on Herbert and grab him now. It’s far more likely he is dangled ahead of the draft if this season continues the way it’s going for this supposed-MVP type QB, and the supposedly-contending Chargers. The post NFL Insider Jason La Canfora: 5 Blockbuster Trades Ranked From 0-10 Likeliness Ahead of Deadline appeared first on Casino.org.