

The Browns, as a whole, have been up and down this season. The Falcons placed him on injured reserve with a shoulder injury to begin the season, and that helped him heal as well as ensured he wouldn't further get hurt in pursuit of a trade partner. Jones restructured his contract in the offseason to make him more tradable as things didn't work out under Arthur Smith's vision of the team. The trade had been in the works for some time, and the teams swapped late-round picks in 2024 to get it done. They have the 2023 cap space, and they'll get more once they can unload Kenny Golladay's contract via trade this month or outright release next offseason. The Giants will also have a decision to make with running back Saquon Barkley, whose playing out his fifth-year option now and leads the league in rushing. That would drive the price up on the open market for a player like Jones, who would fetch much more than the two-year, $14.285 million deal Mitch Trubisky received from Pittsburgh last offseason. Stroud, but many would be looking for a veteran option. Some of those teams would wait until the draft for players like Bryce Young and C.J. You can project about half the NFC could reasonably have a different Week 1 starter from this year to next year, with another four or five AFC teams doing the same. The franchise tag is projected to be around $31 million next year if the Giants wish to keep Jones but can't agree on a contract. The flip side was the Giants would have to spend more to keep Jones in-house if his play demanded it this season. What trades Carolina makes or doesn't make will indicate how it views its immediate future. But a star running back looking at another rebuilding team? A talented wide receiver early into his second contract? A Pro Bowl defensive end ready for his second deal? A Pro Bowl caliber defensive tackle finally hitting his groove in year three? Each one of those players - to some degree or another - is tantalizing to the majority of the NFL. That doesn't mean Carolina GM Scott Fitterer even has to listen, especially right now with another three weeks before the trade deadline.

I expect teams to place calls on Christian McCaffrey, D.J. Teams have been sniffing around the Panthers in recent weeks, checking their pulse on the good, young players on the roster. 1 deadline, and now that the Carolina Panthers have fired their head coach after just one win in five games, teams are expected to be dialing the 704 area code to see what players the Panthers may want to off-load. Now that the dam has broken on the trade market prior to the Nov.
