NFL Trade Deadline: Jessie Bates Trade & Key Players to Watch!

Jesse Bates was moved. That's a big deal now. That's going to be something that's going to be banded back. Do you think we're going to see tomorrow at 4 p.m. a big-time trading deadline, a moderate one, or a weak one? I think we might see a moderate one. I'm not really expecting there to be a blockbuster trade. I think Jonathan Taylor's probably on the block, but I'm not sure the Colts are going to get the price they're asking for him. He's under contract through 2028, so I think they're willing to say, hey, we can keep him. He can be a key part of our rebuild, or they can reassess and maybe move him in the offseason when they can maybe fetch a higher price if there are more suitors who think they can be contenders. I think he's the main name to watch. I mean, this Jesse Bates trade for the Jaguars was fantastic for them. They have one of the best, if not the best, run defenses in the league, but their secondary had been an issue at times. We saw it against the Houston Texans. So adding a playmaking safety there could really marry the back end of Anthony Caponelli's defense to that front end that's been so good against the run. So I love that from the Jaguars, but I kind of think Jesse Bates, Jeffrey Simmons. Those might be the big names that we see move. So I think a lot of the best action has unfortunately already happened. At the NFL level, we see more of the action happen well before the deadline as opposed to in baseball, basketball, those leagues. We see it happen more on deadline day. I think we'll get some minor moves tomorrow, but maybe nothing major. So you're not expecting something like a Jalen Carter being moved to the Jags or a Max Crosby potentially being moved, like those surprise moves. You're not expecting that. You think the majority of these moves have already been made. Yeah, I think a majority of the big moves have probably already been made. I think Jalen Carter is one worth keeping an eye on because as we saw, I don't think the Titans really wanted to trade Jeffrey Simmons, but they kind of got that godfather offer that they couldn't refuse from the Bears. So maybe a team will go to the Eagles and say, hey, we'll give you this for Jalen Carter and they'll look at the direction of their organization and say, yeah, we got to just stack up some picks because we don't know exactly what our future is going to look like. So I can see maybe the Eagles making that kind of trade. But I think there maybe is going to be one of those at most on deadline day and maybe not any at this point. Who do you have Jonathan Taylor potentially landing at? I mean, do you think he does move and ends up going to a team? Or do you think the Colts would hold tight and wait to the offseason? What do you think the future of Jonathan Taylor is? Yeah. So I'll tell you what I think they should do is trade him at the deadline just to, you know, kind of accelerate the rebuild. I know that they don't have their own first round pick. So it's kind of one of those situations where they're saying, you know, they're not no team in the NFL tries to tank, but you know, if they're looking at, Hey, we can get a high draft pick if we trade Taylor. That's not necessarily going to happen. I think his best fit would be with the Minnesota Vikings because they need an offensive identity badly. And Taylor would give them that, but I'm not sure the Vikings are going to be willing to to swing a big move considering that they have You know, ongoing questions at the quarterback position. So I would look at the Vikings. I think the Broncos could consider it though. Jonah Coleman is playing well lately. And I believe John Harbaugh and the Giants said that there might've been an offer on the table for him, that they kind of rescinded because they're not sure it's going to get agreed to, but sort of a lot of the teams that are looking at him have young options in the backfield, like the Giants with Scadaboo and the Broncos with Coleman. So there isn't a lot of urgency from those types of teams. So if the Vikings aren't willing to go out and say, we need to get Jonathan Taylor. I think the Colts might be content to just say, let's hold on to him. Let's see what the offseason brings. They have time to make a decision. And, you know, he's still in his prime at this point.