One week out from the Nov. 10 trade deadline, the 2026 market has already delivered more blockbusters than most full deadline days. Chicago landed Jeffery Simmons for two first-round picks, Seattle bought Quenton Nelson, San Francisco brought DeForest Buckner home, and Indianapolis has moved into full fire-sale mode with Jonathan Taylor sweepstakes now open for business. Meanwhile, the Eagles said flatly that Saquon Barkley is not going anywhere, and the Jets called Garrett Wilson untouchable. Here is every deal that is done, every name still in play, and what the shake-up means if you are shopping for a jersey this month.
The Board Right Now: Every Deal Already Done
The 2026 deadline falls on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. ET, the later date the league moved to back in 2024 so that trades now happen after Week 9. Teams have used the extra runway. Four trades involving household names have landed since mid-October, and each one moved a star to a team with real January plans.
| Date | The move | The terms |
|---|---|---|
| Oct. 29 | DT Jeffery Simmons: Titans to Bears | Bears send 2027 and 2028 first-round picks plus a 2027 fourth; Titans also include a 2028 fifth |
| Oct. 27 | G Quenton Nelson: Colts to Seahawks | Seahawks send a 2027 third and a 2028 fifth |
| Oct. 27 | DT DeForest Buckner: Colts to 49ers | 49ers send a 2027 fourth |
| Oct. 12 | WR Marvin Harrison Jr.: Cardinals to Texans | Texans send a 2027 second and sixth; Cardinals include a 2027 seventh |
| Earlier in season | CB Joey Porter Jr.: Steelers to Cowboys | Cowboys send a 2028 second and a 2027 sixth |
| Earlier in season | QB J.J. McCarthy: Vikings to Giants | Giants send a 2027 fifth after Jaxson Dart's season-ending injury |
| C Cam Jurgens: Eagles to Ravens | Baltimore retooled its line after losing three centers to injury | Ravens send a 2027 fifth and 2028 second; Eagles include a 2027 seventh |
Three of those buyers — Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco — now sit atop ESPN Analytics' NFC title probability board at 13%, 11% and 39% respectively. When the three most aggressive buyers all play in one conference, the deadline stops being a seller's auction and becomes an arms race.
Inside the Colts' Fire Sale
Indianapolis is the engine of this entire market. The Colts fired general manager Chris Ballard on Oct. 19, the morning after a home loss to the previously winless Titans, and assistant general manager Ed Dodds has been cashing in veterans ever since. In one afternoon, Oct. 27, Indianapolis sent Nelson to Seattle and Buckner to San Francisco, collecting a 2027 third, a 2028 fifth and a 2027 fourth in return. Both players were in the final year of their deals, over 30, and worth more as draft capital than as building blocks on a 2-6 team.
The context around the sale keeps getting darker. On Sunday the Colts were flattened 42-7 in Jacksonville, their fourth straight loss, and the Jaguars turned the day into a uniform-debut party: Trevor Lawrence completed 10 of 14 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns, rookie running back Bhayshul Tuten broke out with 104 rushing yards and two total scores, and the Colts' offense produced 144 passing yards with two interceptions from Daniel Jones. Indianapolis has now not won in Jacksonville since 2014.
More sales are coming. Receiver Josh Downs has requested a trade, per reporting flagged by multiple outlets, and defensive tackle Grover Stewart and receiver Keenan Allen are both on expiring contracts. The front office has every reason to keep selling: the Colts do not own their 2027 first-round pick after last year's Sauce Gardner trade, they now hold nine projected selections, and they are on track for well north of $60 million in cap space next spring. The 2027 draft, not the 2026 playoff race, is the season that matters in Indianapolis now.
The Jonathan Taylor Sweepstakes Are Open
The biggest name left on the board is the Colts' own running back. On Sunday, one day before Indianapolis kicked off in Jacksonville, Ian Rapoport and Adam Schefter reported that the Colts are open to offers on the three-time Pro Bowler and that multiple teams have called with talks active. The suitors most consistently cited: the Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos — and the New York Giants, who joined the chase over the weekend. Several reports have framed Minnesota as the current frontrunner.
- The price tag: ESPN's Jordan Raanan has reported the Colts would seek a second-round pick "and possibly more." The comps cut both ways — Christian McCaffrey brought a 2023 second, third and fourth plus a 2024 fifth in 2022 with no first, but Simmons just fetched two firsts, and Indianapolis' own front office has signaled it wants best-and-final offers now.
- The contract wrinkle: unlike Nelson and Buckner, Taylor is not a rental. The 27-year-old signed an extension in August that runs through 2028, with salaries climbing to roughly $16 million in 2027 and $18 million in 2028. That makes him more expensive to acquire — and more valuable to the one franchise that views him as the face of the rebuild.
- The production case: heading into Week 8, Taylor ranked fifth in the NFL with 587 rushing yards and was tied for the league lead with eight rushing touchdowns, per Bleacher Report. He ran for 110 of Indianapolis' 218 total yards in the Week 7 loss at Minnesota, including a 38-yard touchdown.
- The Sunday footnote: Taylor finished the Jacksonville loss with just 23 yards on eight carries plus 24 receiving yards, losing a fumble on a trick play before sitting out the garbage time. NFL.com's weekly learned package put it bluntly: it might have been his last game in a Colts uniform. Notably, coach Shane Steichen said during the week that Taylor has not requested a trade.
Wherever he lands, the fit is obvious for the pursuers. Minnesota, Green Bay and Seattle all sit in the NFC bracket chase; Denver is 6-2 after edging Kansas City 28-24 on Sunday and has struggled to run the ball all season. A back of Taylor's caliber changes a playoff seeding race by himself.
Chicago Goes All-In: The Simmons Blockbuster
The trade that rewrote the market happened Oct. 29, when Bears general manager Ryan Poles sent first-round picks in 2027 and 2028 plus a 2027 fourth to Tennessee for Jeffery Simmons and a 2028 fifth. Per ESPN Research, it is the first time in the common draft era that a defensive tackle has been traded for multiple first-round picks — history made by a team that believes its window is right now.
The fit is easy to explain. Chicago is 5-2, ranks first in the league in rushing and third in total yards behind Caleb Williams, but the defense ranked 23rd in pass rush win rate from interior defenders. Simmons, 29, was a first-team All-Pro last season with a career-high 11 sacks, has four sacks in seven games this year, and since entering the league in 2019 his 46.5 sacks trail only Buckner among defensive tackles. He is not a rental either: the three-year, $105.8 million extension he signed in June runs through 2030. He reunites with former college teammate Montez Sweat on a defensive line that suddenly looks like a January unit.
Tennessee's side of the ledger is just as instructive. At 1-7 after a 43-36 loss in Cincinnati on Sunday, the Titans turned a 29-year-old interior defender into two firsts and a fourth — the strongest possible signal to every selling team about what premium positions fetch when multiple buyers panic at once.
The Buyers' Column: Seattle, San Francisco and the Chase Packs
Seattle, the defending Super Bowl champion, addressed its biggest mechanical weakness by importing Nelson, an eight-time Pro Bowl guard, to take over at left guard with Grey Zabel shifting to the right side. The Seahawks' ground game had been searching for traction since Kenneth Walker III departed in free agency, and Green Bay, Chicago and Philadelphia all checked in on Nelson before Seattle won the bidding with a third and a fifth. At 4-3 after Sunday's results, the defending champs just got better at the exact thing they needed to fix.
San Francisco, holders of the best record in the NFC at 6-1, brought Buckner back to the team that drafted him seventh overall in 2016. The 49ers needed interior help with Nick Bosa nursing a calf strain and Alfred Collins lost for the season to a torn patellar tendon, and a fourth-rounder for a 32-year-old with four sacks this season is the kind of rental price contenders dream about. Buckner, for his part, had not hidden his frustration in Indianapolis, lamenting the same song and dance every year after an earlier loss.
More buyers are circling. The Chiefs, 5-2 after falling in Denver, have been linked to receiver help — Jacksonville's Brian Thomas Jr. is a name multiple reports connect to Kansas City, along with the Raiders and 49ers — and the Bills, 6-1 after dismantling Baltimore 36-10, sit in every speculative conversation for a difference-maker. Every one of these clubs can keep dialing until Nov. 10.
Staying Put: Barkley, Garrett Wilson and the Untouchables
Not every big name is available, and two of the loudest declarations came Sunday. NFL Network Insiders Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport reported that the Eagles will not trade Saquon Barkley ahead of the deadline, even at 2-5 with the season spiraling. Barkley, under contract through 2028, has been limited to 244 scrimmage yards and a touchdown on 43 carries across five games while battling a hamstring injury that cost him two games; his Monday night appearance in Dallas lasted nine snaps before a back issue. Philadelphia will listen on other veterans — tight end Dallas Goedert, linebacker Zack Baun and defensive lineman Moro Ojomo have all been flagged as possible movers — but the franchise running back stays.
Out in New York, a source told Adam Schefter there is "no chance" the Jets trade Garrett Wilson before the deadline, shutting down weeks of speculation about the star receiver. The 2-6 Jets did lose again Sunday, 38-33 at home to the Raiders, and their deadline posture is not entirely quiet: edge rusher Will McDonald IV has drawn interest, cornerback Nahshon Wright has been mentioned as a possible chip, and T'Vondre Sweat landed on injured reserve with a knee injury. But Wilson, like Barkley, is off the board. Treat every untouchable label as firm until roughly 3:55 p.m. ET on deadline day.
Names to Watch in the Final Week
Beyond Taylor, here is the live board as the countdown reaches its final days, based on the reporting above:
| Player | Team | Situation |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Downs, WR | Colts | Requested a trade; rookie contract ends after this season |
| Grover Stewart, DT | Colts | Final-year contract on a selling roster |
| Will McDonald IV, EDGE | Jets | 23.5 career sacks; snaps down behind first-round rookie David Bailey |
| Brian Thomas Jr., WR | Jaguars | Entered Week 8 with 105 receiving yards; Raiders, 49ers and Chiefs linked; scored Sunday against Indianapolis |
| Khalil Mack, EDGE | Chargers | 0-7 Los Angeles fell to the Rams 24-9; one-year deal makes him a pure rental |
| Tony Pollard & Calvin Ridley, RB/WR | Titans | Expiring deals in Tennessee's full rebuild |
One more name worth monitoring: Dolphins linebacker Jordyn Brooks, who led the league with 183 tackles a season ago and earned first-team All-Pro honors, signed an extension this year in Miami — and big dead-money charges make the Dolphins' extension players harder to move than their expiring ones.
What the Market Means for Jersey Shoppers
Trades are the fastest moving part of the jersey calendar, and this week rewrote several shopping rules at once:
- Bought players create instant new-market demand. Simmons in Chicago blue, Nelson in Seattle green and Buckner back in San Francisco scarlet are the freshest names on the board — if a newly traded star excels in Week 9, his new-city jersey becomes the hardest thing to find by November's end.
- Pause on players the rumors keep circling. If Taylor or Thomas Jr. changes teams before Nov. 10, today's Colts royal or Jaguars teal becomes yesterday's fit. Custom options solve the problem: name-and-number designs let you follow a player to his new zip code without waiting on restocks.
- Buyers' stars are the safest buys. The teams trading first-round picks — Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco — just told you they believe a championship is close, and jerseys for cornerstone players on those rosters tend to hold both relevance and resale value all winter.
- Watch the Vikings' decision. If Minnesota wins the Taylor sweepstakes, a purple No. 28 becomes one of the most searched jerseys in the sport overnight — and Minnesota already owns the league's most surprising 6-1 record after Sunday's first loss.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When is the 2026 NFL trade deadline?
Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. ET. The league moved the deadline one week later starting in 2024 so that deals now happen after Week 9 games.
Which trades have already happened before the 2026 deadline?
The headline moves: Jeffery Simmons from Tennessee to Chicago for two first-round picks, Quenton Nelson from Indianapolis to Seattle, DeForest Buckner from Indianapolis to San Francisco, Marvin Harrison Jr. from Arizona to Houston, Joey Porter Jr. from Pittsburgh to Dallas, J.J. McCarthy from Minnesota to the Giants, and Cam Jurgens from Philadelphia to Baltimore.
Will the Colts trade Jonathan Taylor?
It is genuinely uncertain. Indianapolis is open to offers and talks are active, with the Vikings, Packers, Seahawks, Broncos and Giants all cited as potential landing spots, but Taylor is under contract through 2028 and has not requested a trade, so the Colts can afford to wait for a premium price.
Are Saquon Barkley or Garrett Wilson getting traded?
No on both counts as of the final week. NFL Network reported the Eagles will not move Barkley despite a 2-5 start, and a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter there is no chance the Jets trade Garrett Wilson before the deadline.