NFL trade deadline 2023 winners and losers 49ers Bears score on D Vikings salvage QB Davante Adams gets stuck
NFL trade deadline 2023 winners and losers 49ers Bears score on D Vikings salvage QB Davante Adams gets stuck
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The 2023 NFL trade deadline came and went at 4 p.m. ET on Halloween. With night falling on Oct. 31, there will be no more midseason moves to improve teams' rosters for the short or long-term. Who treated their fan base to a scarily exciting deal? Who got tricked into getting spooked? Although no rumored big-name offensive skill players were dealt, there was plenty of splash on defense. Sporting News breaks down the winners and losers from Tuesday: MORE NFL TRADE DEADLINE: | Winners: 49ers and Chase Young The 49ers saw their pa s rush disappear in bad lo ses to the pa s-happy Vikings and Bengals. After being picked apart by Joe Burrow, taken one spot behind him in the 2020 draft. As the No. 2 overall pick, Young has flashed when healthy, which hasn't been often for Washington. He's having a revived season in a bad pa s defense. He will thrive as a complement to Nick Bosa, his former Ohio State havoc-wreaking teammate. He doesn't offer much against the run, but he can be a key specialist to get to the QB, building on his 6 sacks. Winners: Bears and Montez Sweat The Commanders made it a complete breakup of their defensive ends in the 4-3 front. Sweat has been solid all-around with his floor beyond 8 sacks this season. Chicago had zero pa s-rush upside and for a disruptive 27-year-old in his prime. Sweat has a chance to get paid big-time by the Bears ahead of free agency. (Getty Images) Losers: Commanders and Ron Rivera Rivera is starting to look like a lame-duck defensive-minded coach . His inability to fix the defense along with Jack Del Rio has been the biggest i sue in Washington, especially when Sam Howell might give them an answer at QB. The Commanders did get some draft capital back for Young and Sweat, but they also indicated to the fan base they're headed to more rebooting and rebuilding Winners: Seahawks The Seahawks aren't me sing around with their good fortunes as the surprise midseason leaders in the NFC West. Their defense has cleaned up in the middle of the field much better with run defense and inside coverage. They got another versatile run stopper and pa s rusher who was being limited in New York. The USC product should be a key immediate Eddie Rosario Jersey cog for Pete Carroll. Loser: Raiders WR Davante Adams Adams with the Raiders. He got traded away from Aaron Rodgers. Then the team didn't bring back Derek Carr to keep the Fresno State connection going. He hasn't clicked with Jimmy Garoppolo or any of their QBs. He seems to be in absolute misery trapped in the Josh McDaniels' offensive and locker-room me s. But Adams has a big contract and McDaniels still thinks he can save his job with wild-card contention. It's such a waste of an elite receiving future Hall of Famer. (Getty Images) Winners: Eagles The Eagles didn't go nuts with Howie Roseman and made a in acquiring another Titan, safety Kevin Byard. Byard is 30 and slowed down as a cover man, but he still Phil Hughes Jersey dominates vs. the run and can make impact plays on the ball. He's a nice complement to Reed Blankesnhip to help better clean up inside behind the linebackers. Winners: Josh Dobbs and Vikings Dobbs was about to lose his job to a returning Kyler Murray in one week, tops. He has been playing with house money with his career at 28, as the well-traveled veteran stopgap QB wasn't even supposed to extend his career beyond the Browns. Now Dobbs as the latest facilitator of the pa sing game in Minnesota. The Vikings haven't had this feeling at QB since Case Keenum took over for Sam Bradford six seasons ago. Kirk Cousins has made every meaningful start from '18 to tearing his Achilles' in Week 8 in Green Bay. But this time, the Vikings needed a decent fill-in to help their weapons and a playoff push from 4-4 with an improving defense. It wasn't the splashiest move Minnesota could have made, but it was the easiest one to save some of its seasons and its top receiving a sets. (Getty Images) Losers: Cardinals and Kyler Murray The Cardinals were thought to be bigger sellers than just moving a fill-in QB who wasn't needed anymore. Wide receiver Marquise Brown and other veterans weren't moved to acquire more draft picks hasten the rebuild. Instead, they stood pat other than moving Dobbs. That includes sticking with Murray at QB instead of shopping him harder. That should have to come to mind more after Week 8, given the Cardinals now hold the No. 1 overall pick at 1-7 and are set up well to take Caleb Williams as their new franchise pa ser. Instead, Arizona is stuck playing out the string with Murray and hoping he can return to form post major knee injury. Losers: Falcons They also needed some pa s-rush help badly and lost their best, savviest defensive lineman in Grady Jarrett to a season-ending knee injury. They also could have kicked the tires more on QB options with Desmond Ridder fading and Taylor Heinicke being only a short-term pivot. They are caught in limbo between buying and selling under Arthur Smith. (Getty Images) Losers: Broncos No team had more trade rumors swirl around them than the Broncos. But then Sean Payton spoke for GM George Paton in saying there were no moves to be made. Jerry Jeudy, Courtland Sutton, Garett Bolles, Justin Simmons and others will all be staying put for a 3-5 team. Did the two-game winning streak and beating the Chiefs give Denver delusions of wild-card grandeur? Did the team suddenly forget about the salary-cap hell ahead in 2024? It makes no sense for them not to be sellers to get more capital for Payton to get his kind of guys. Winners: Bills and Rasul Douglas Douglas, the former Eagles castoff, was very effective in Green Bay for 2 1/2 seasons after bouncing around with four other teams. The Bills needed immediate corner help after losing Tre'Davious White for the season. Douglas Zach Duke Jersey isn't a top shut-down type, but he's a good all-around cover man acquired for a reasonable draft pick exchange. Douglas wins by getting to a Super Bowl contender. Winners: Lions and Donovan Peoples-Jones It seems a bit superfluous for the Lions to add the former Michigan big-play wideout with young Jameson Williams, Josh Reynolds and Kalif Raymond playing off Amon-Ra St. Brown. But there have been some injury i sues in that group and DPJ, who was phased out of the Browns' offense, gets new life in Detroit, which also happens to be his hometown. Winners: Jaguars and Ezra Cleveland The Vikings made this other move to shake up their offensive line. The Jaguars have Brandon Scherff holding down right guard, so it made sense to bolster another inside spot around young center Luke Fortner. Fortner has been so-so blocking and Cleveland brings more solidity to flank the dominant Scherff. Losers: Bengals The Bengals have been more aggre sive with great free-agency offseasons and also have a strong core build through the draft. But their fans knew this was coming: Standing pat while the Bills and Jaguars improved among AFC powerhouses behind the Chiefs.
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