2026 NFL trade deadline: 5 players Commanders should move
With Payne off the board, here are five players that the Commanders should trade by Tuesday’s deadline.
Key points
- One thing is certain: he could use a change of scenery, and if the Commanders could even get a late-round pick for him, they should do it.
- Keep in mind, no one is getting more than a Day 3 pick, but Washington could use every pick it can get for the 2027 NFL Draft and beyond.
- However, Payne fractured his foot the Friday before the Commanders’ Week 8 game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Jacksonville, at 6-2, is one of the NFL’s top teams and fortified its defense by trading multiple draft picks for defensive tackles Davon Godchaux (Saints) and Jordan Davis (Eagles) and safety Jessie Bates (Falcons).
You could make the case that the Washington general manager Adam Peters should already be thinking about 2027, with the Commanders currently sitting at 2-5-1.
Additional details
- With Terry McLaurin and Jaylin Lane out for the season, the Commanders have depth issues at receiver.
- If you can get a solid Day 3 pick for Diggs from a team like the Rams or Chiefs, you should move him.
- However, we’ve also heard that the Commanders want to work things out with the former second-rounder.
- While the Jaguars are truly going for it, several teams remain in limbo ahead of Tuesday’s deadline.
- The Jaguars would have been an ideal trade partner for Washington, as seen by Monday’s trades.
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