Bill Barnwell on Why The NFL Trade Market Is Heating Up

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🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Throughout the sports world, trade deadlines tend to be one of the most reliable generators of storylines and intrigue. A star player stuck on a bad team can create months of speculation and headlines. And in other leagues such as the NBA and MLB, the trade deadline serves as the most dramatic point of the season of the midseason. But historically, the NFL had kept major player movement to the offseason, making for a largely inactive deadline — until recently, that is. Last year, we saw the 49ers trade for Christian McCaffrey, who took their offense from stagnant to one of the best in the league. And the year before that, the Rams added Von Miller to a defensive line that already featured Aaron Donald, a move that would ultimately help them win the Super Bowl. So today, Bill Barnwell makes his triumphant return to ESPN Daily –– helping us understand how the football trade market has changed over time, and giving us a full breakdown of this year’s possible movers and shakers, including a few surprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bill Barnwell, if you're anything like me, sometimes you go on shows and forget which
0:05.5	one you're actually talking on, but according to our records here, it's been a while since
0:10.8	you've been at ESPN daily.
0:12.3	So welcome back.
0:13.3	Honestly, I do a daily podcast in my house every day.
0:17.6	There's just only this is one of the rare times we're actually publishing it onto the
0:20.9	internet.
0:21.9	That very bad takes that have been delivered in my office to nobody in particular.
0:26.2	Now I get to do that on here again, which is always a delay.
0:29.5	All right.
0:30.5	So a slightly edited version of the Bill Barnwell at home podcast is coming to you on ESPN daily.
0:36.5	So we have week seven of the NFL regular season coming up.
0:45.8	That means the trade deadline is quickly approaching.
0:49.3	Now I'm from an NBA background where the trade deadline is the most dramatic portion of
0:54.9	the season, but it hasn't always been the same for the NFL.
0:59.5	That seems to be changing over the years, but what are your thoughts on the trade deadline
1:04.3	right now?
1:05.3	Absolutely.
1:06.3	Things have changed.
1:07.3	Is it your very astute?
1:09.6	The NFL is much more trade-friendly now.
1:12.0	And there's a variety of reasons why that's happened.
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