Don’t trade on me … Anyone who got the sense that there didn’t seem to be all that many trades at this year’s draft weren’t dreaming. There actually were significantly fewer trades than in recent years. This year, for example, there were 28 trades made during the draft, compared with 43 last year. Indeed, it used to drive us a little batty when teams would trade up 10 spots or so in the 7th round. Really? It appears, though, that somebody forgot to tell Philadelphia GM Howie Roseman about the plan as Trader Howie, as our Pigskin Paul Guillemete used to affectionately call him, and his Eagles tied an NFL record with 8 individual trades this week. Included in those trades were a trio that netted the Eagles three mid-round picks in 2025. In particular, the Eagles got a third rounder from Miami, a 4th from Detroit and a 5th from Houston in separate deals. That trade with the Lions for a 4th next year is particularly interesting as we wondered if it might actually be for the Eagles original pick in that round which they sent to Detroit last year in the deal for RB D’Andre Swift. Carolina, though, got the highest 2025 pick over the weekend as the acquired the LA Rams pick in the second round in 2025, while Jacksonville got 3rd and 4th rounders from Minnesota in the deal in which the Vikings moved up in the opening round to snare DE Dallas Turner at #17. For the record, it was also a pretty good deal all-around for the Jags who were able to take WR Brian Thomas with the 23rd pick, a guy they liked had targeted with their original selection. What’s interesting about the whole deal is that so far no first round pick in 2025 has been traded and we are not sure the last time that a future #1 wasn’t swapped before or during the draft. Meanwhile, for those that missed it during the draft, the NY Jets acquired a 6th round pick in 2026 from Denver in exchange for DE John Franklin-Myers. Here is the updated list of trades already in the books for 2025 and beyond as we have them.
