Fans and the media often crave for activity as the trade deadline approaches. They identify contenders and pretenders, and make reasonable hypotheses of where players from the latter should go to the former. Yet every season, they are regularly disappointed as to how little actually happens. Much of this has to do with the how the rules of the CBA and the financial constraints that it creates make trades less practical than it seems. However, it may be fair to say in some cases that a few teams are more reticent to throw in the towel on players that are unlikely to be part of their future than they should be.
Therefore, as a bit of a thought exercise I conceived a proposed new rule to the CBA that would allow a small group of players to be traded immediately after the deadline–even against the will of the team they’re currently on.
To be eligible to be one of those players, all of the following criteria must be attained:
Among those players, the following procedure would then take place:
The list of players on the right (or below on small mobile devices) are the players from the teams that could qualify for this new rule in 2020. Those teams, for the time being, are the Jets, Giants, Jaguars, Texans, Falcons, Vikings, and Bengals. The players on the Jets, Jaguars and Texans will be there no matter what, while the other teams will remain should they lose in Week 8.
Looking at this list, there are hardly any stars on there, as you’d expect, and the grand majority would be players that teams would be unlikely to be desired by other teams for even a 7th round pick. Still, there are a few notable names that might be able to help a team with injury/depth problems at certain positions.
Some positions that caught my eye were the following:
This is an idea that almost certainly will never happen, as teams will be very loath to give up this kind of roster control. But if nothing else, it’s at least a way to identify players whose time on a struggling team may be coming to an end, regardless of whether that’s now or at the end of the regular season.
Name | Team | Pos. | Age | Snaps | Remaining Salary |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Mack | ATL | C | 35 | 100.0% | $4,705,882 |
Kenny Stills | HOU | WR | 28 | 32.5% | $4,102,941 |
D.J. Hayden | JAX | CB | 30 | 43.5% | $3,529,412 |
Shawn Williams | CIN | S | 29 | 9.6% | $2,455,331 |
Bradley McDougald | NYJ | S | 30 | 93.6% | $2,398,897 |
Todd Gurley | ATL | RB | 26 | 54.7% | $2,058,824 |
Breshad Perriman | NYJ | WR | 27 | 34.6% | $2,045,956 |
Avery Williamson | NYJ | LB | 28 | 55.7% | $2,039,522 |
Abry Jones | JAX | IDL | 29 | 39.1% | $2,000,000 |
Chris Conley | JAX | WR | 28 | 41.0% | $1,588,548 |
Kyler Fackrell | NYG | EDGE | 29 | 73.7% | $1,529,412 |
Kevin Huber | CIN | P | 35 | 30.9% | $1,470,588 |
Mackensie Alexander | CIN | CB | 27 | 54.4% | $1,464,154 |
Spencer Pulley | NYG | C | 27 | 0.0% | $1,180,882 |
Matt Schaub | ATL | QB | 39 | 0.0% | $1,176,471 |
A.J. McCarron | HOU | QB | 30 | 0.0% | $1,176,471 |
Graham Gano | NYG | K | 33 | 32.6% | $1,170,037 |
Cameron Fleming | NYG | RT | 28 | 96.3% | $1,163,603 |
Jordan Jenkins | NYJ | EDGE | 26 | 47.9% | $1,163,603 |
Brian Poole | NYJ | CB | 28 | 82.4% | $1,163,603 |
Brennan Scarlett | HOU | EDGE | 27 | 52.6% | $1,083,640 |
Pierre Desir | NYJ | CB | 30 | 80.9% | $1,016,544 |
Alex Erickson | CIN | WR | 28 | 6.7% | $997,426 |
Dion Lewis | NYG | RB | 30 | 34.5% | $900,184 |
Logan Ryan | NYG | CB | 29 | 92.5% | $898,897 |
Randy Bullock | CIN | K | 31 | 35.4% | $897,059 |
Christian Covington | CIN | DE | 27 | 52.0% | $875,919 |
Joe Flacco | NYJ | QB | 35 | 35.8% | $870,772 |
Mike Daniels | CIN | DT | 31 | 15.6% | $842,647 |
Tyler Shatley | JAX | C | 29 | 42.7% | $808,824 |
Austin Johnson | NYG | IDL | 31 | 19.9% | $801,471 |
Matthias Farley | NYJ | S | 28 | 0.7% | $749,044 |
LeShaun Sims | CIN | CB | 27 | 38.8% | $731,434 |
Josh Bynes | CIN | LB | 31 | 70.0% | $730,147 |
Kamalei Correa | JAX | EDGE | 26 | 19.5% | $728,860 |
Chris Thompson | JAX | RB | 30 | 34.9% | $673,897 |
James O’Shaughnessy | JAX | TE | 28 | 49.7% | $647,794 |
Mike Glennon | JAX | QB | 31 | 0.0% | $645,772 |
Devonta Freeman | NYG | RB | 28 | 31.7% | $629,412 |
Vernon Hargreaves | HOU | CB | 25 | 77.7% | $625,919 |
Jabaal Sheard | NYG | EDGE | 31 | 3.7% | $617,647 |
Margus Hunt | CIN | DT | 33 | 27.3% | $617,647 |
Jon Weeks | HOU | LS | 34 | 28.7% | $617,647 |
Luke Stocker | ATL | TE | 32 | 39.6% | $617,647 |
LaRoy Reynolds | ATL | LB | 30 | 4.9% | $617,647 |
Frank Gore | NYJ | RB | 37 | 40.3% | $617,647 |
Chris Hogan | NYJ | WR | 32 | 68.2% | $617,647 |
Clark Harris | CIN | LS | 36 | 30.9% | $617,647 |
Blidi Wreh-Wilson | ATL | CB | 31 | 27.3% | $617,647 |
Nate Ebner | NYG | S | 32 | 7.0% | $617,647 |
Colt McCoy | NYG | QB | 34 | 0.0% | $617,647 |
Aaron Lynch | JAX | EDGE | 27 | 0.0% | $591,544 |
Darqueze Dennard | ATL | CB | 29 | 47.6% | $591,544 |
Patrick Onwuasor | NYJ | LB | 28 | 0.0% | $588,235 |
Neville Hewitt | NYJ | LB | 27 | 99.3% | $588,235 |
Steven Means | ATL | EDGE | 31 | 47.6% | $535,294 |
Kyle Emanuel | HOU | LB | 29 | 0.0% | $535,294 |
Caraun Reid | JAX | DT | 29 | 7.1% | $535,294 |
Xavier Williams | CIN | DT | 28 | 11.2% | $535,294 |
Josh Andrews | NYJ | RG | 29 | 10.4% | $535,294 |
Brett Jones | MIN | C | 29 | 0.0% | $535,294 |
George Iloka | MIN | S | 30 | 10.6% | $535,294 |
Brent Qvale | HOU | RT | 29 | 0.0% | $535,294 |
Adam Gotsis | JAX | EDGE | 28 | 45.9% | $535,294 |
Eric Tomlinson | NYG | TE | 28 | 0.5% | $535,294 |
C.J. Prosise | HOU | RB | 26 | 1.4% | $535,294 |
John Wetzel | ATL | RT | 29 | 0.7% | $535,294 |
Bruce Miller | JAX | FB | 33 | 11.6% | $535,294 |
Todd Davis | MIN | LB | 28 | 11.8% | $535,294 |
Sharrod Neasman | ATL | S | 29 | 10.7% | $535,294 |
Daniel Brown | NYJ | TE | 28 | 0.0% | $535,294 |
Tyrell Adams | HOU | LB | 28 | 34.0% | $535,294 |
Dakota Dozier | MIN | LG | 29 | 100.0% | $535,294 |
Phillip Gaines | HOU | CB | 29 | 16.3% | $535,294 |
Rashod Hill | MIN | RT | 28 | 1.1% | $535,294 |
Ameer Abdullah | MIN | RB | 27 | 5.3% | $535,294 |
Casey Kreiter | NYG | LS | 30 | 28.7% | $535,294 |
Sean Mannion | MIN | QB | 28 | 0.0% | $535,294 |
Michael Thomas | HOU | S | 31 | 12.6% | $535,294 |
Brandon Williams | NYG | CB | 28 | 0.0% | $485,294 |
Mike Thomas | CIN | WR | 26 | 32.9% | $485,294 |
Tajae Sharpe | MIN | WR | 26 | 4.2% | $485,294 |
Bryce Hager | NYJ | LB | 28 | 0.0% | $130,311 |
David Fales | NYJ | QB | 30 | 0.0% | $120,000 |
Greg Mancz | HOU | C | 28 | 0.0% | $120,000 |
Ross Travis | NYJ | TE | 27 | 0.0% | $120,000 |
Carson Tinker | NYG | LS | 31 | 0.0% | $120,000 |
Laquon Treadwell | ATL | WR | 25 | 0.0% | $120,000 |
Josh Mauro | JAX | EDGE | 29 | 0.0% | $120,000 |
Alfred Morris | NYG | RB | 32 | 0.0% | $120,000 |
Corey Liuget | HOU | DE | 30 | 0.0% | $120,000 |
Devin Smith | HOU | WR | 27 | 0.0% | $120,000 |
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