The closer the NFL calendar creeps to the Nov. 10 trade deadline, the clearer it becomes which teams are buying and which are selling. Three weeks out, there is already a divide between contenders and pretenders, so playing the role of matchmaker provides a myriad of potential trade pairings. A sweep across the league shows how Super Bowl contenders with roster holes, like the Seattle Seahawks and their running back position, match perfectly with downtrodden teams that own tradeable veterans, like the Philadelphia Eagles.
Sometimes the obvious trade proposals never come to fruition. But in a lot of cases, if it makes sense on paper, then it makes sense in practice. There are a number of reunions, like Khalil Mack's potential return to the Chicago Bears, that just feel right.
Here are 10 of those trades that feel so fitting that it would be a shame if they did not go through. The Seattle Seahawks ought to have extreme seller's remorse as they field a bottom-tier rushing attack and watch Kenneth Walker III run wild in Kansas City. Much of their disappointing 3-3 start can be attributed to an offense that ranks second-worst in per rush, which leads one to wonder how much they regret letting Walker go in free agency.
He is very much the missing piece, and they will rely on Zach Charbonnet and Jadarian Price to fill that gap when they return from injured reserve. Neither is an established No. 1 running back, though, so Seattle would benefit from admitting it needs a high-caliber starter, then placing Charbonnet back in his more natural secondary role and allowing Price to develop as a rookie third option. They would have to pay a hefty price to pry Saquon Barkley away from Philadelphia because of his immense value and his giant cap hit, but with the Eagles poised to watch this season wither away in the wake of countless personnel losses, they should be willing to at least field calls on their superstar running back.
Seattle is in as much of a win-now mode as any team in the league and thus is in a position to give up premium draft capital for a player who can help it return to the Super Bowl. If Jerry Jones cannot turn the Dallas Cowboys into a winning football team, he is at least going to go down swinging. The Joey Porter Jr. trade earlier this season was one big move, but the defense clearly needs more blockbuster additions in order to climb out of the depths.
Since Jones addressed the back end of the unit with the Porter deal, it may be time to turn back toward the line of scrimmage and address, again, an edge rusher group that is still lost without Micah Parsons. While Arizona Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort said in August that he has "no interest" in trading Josh Sweat, there might not be a more obvious trade candidate on a team that is not built to contend for anything in 2026. Sweat denied any displeasure with his contract, but there was offseason smoke that he sought a restructured deal or a trade.
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