{"id":143915,"date":"2023-08-17T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=143915"},"modified":"2023-08-16T18:54:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T22:54:19","slug":"michael-carter-trade-jets-dalvin-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/08\/17\/michael-carter-trade-jets-dalvin-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Trade Destinations For Overlooked Former Starter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Jets recently <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/08\/16\/new-york-jets-running-back-signing-dalvin-cook\/\" target=\"_self\">signed running back Dalvin Cook<\/a> and activated Breece Hall from the Physically Unable to Perform list. This leaves third-year running back Michael Carter buried on the depth chart and a likely trade candidate.<\/p>\n<p>While Carter is no superstar, he has made 21 starts over the past two seasons and is capable of being a valuable part of a running back committee. Several teams should be interested in sending off a late-round pick for his services, but these five teams make the most sense.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michael Carter Film Breakdown!<\/p>\n<p>The Jets might have signed Dalvin Cook but MC was back to his best against the Panthers. <\/p>\n<p>Change of direction, wiggle, making the first defender miss \ud83d\udc40\ud83c\udf2a\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Playlikeajet1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Playlikeajet1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/8kMike?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@8kMike<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Jets<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jDlwvVr3ed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/jDlwvVr3ed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nXLkcsS7i8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nXLkcsS7i8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Luke Grant (@LukeGrant7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LukeGrant7\/status\/1691940161196835023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>5 Teams That Should Trade For Michael Carter<\/h2>\n<h3>Kansas City Chiefs<\/h3>\n<p>The reigning Super Bowl champions have Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid, so they&#8217;re always going to be the team to beat in the NFL. However, they could use some serious help at running back. Isiah Pacheco is a fine early-down running back, but he doesn&#8217;t offer much of anything in the receiving game. Jerick McKinnon had a solid season last year, but he&#8217;s entering his age-31 season and isn&#8217;t exactly a spring chicken. Michael Carter has hauled in 77 receptions over the past two seasons, and with two years left on his rookie contract, could be Kansas City&#8217;s long-term answer as a receiving back.<\/p>\n<h3>Arizona Cardinals<\/h3>\n<p>The Arizona Cardinals need a lot of help at just about every position, and running back is no exception. James Conner is not getting any younger, and the rebuilding Cardinals should try to look for a younger player that could be a future building block. Michael Carter is not an ideal three-down starter, but the team could trade for him to be a valuable part of a committee. Conner&#8217;s long injury history shows that he&#8217;s better off splitting carries, and Carter will help ease his workload.<\/p>\n<h3>Dallas Cowboys<\/h3>\n<p>Fresh off his first 1,000-yard season, Tony Pollard is the unquestioned starter in Dallas, but he could use a better backup. Ronald Jones is unremarkable at best and is set to serve a suspension, Malik Davis is a career journeyman, and while <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/08\/14\/deuce-vaughn-preseason-dallas-cowboys-running-back\/\" target=\"_self\">Deuce Vaughn has shown some signs of life<\/a>, you never want to place too much faith in a rookie seventh-round pick. Michael Carter would easily be the second-best running back on this depth chart, and that alone should be enough to justify a late-round trade for the contending Cowboys.<\/p>\n<h3>Los Angeles Chargers<\/h3>\n<p>Much like the Dallas Cowboys, the Los Angeles Chargers have a proven stud in Austin Ekeler and absolutely nothing behind him. Joshua Kelly and Isaiah Spiller have both disappointed with their limited touches, and Elijah Dotson is too unproven to earn a major role this early in the season. Given the Chargers&#8217; propensity for throwing to the running back combined with Austin Ekeler&#8217;s impending free agency, a Michael Carter trade makes all the sense in the world.<\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;nfl\/austin_ekeler\/player_68030&#8243; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>New Orleans Saints<\/h3>\n<p>Alvin Kamara is only going to serve a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/saints-rb-alvin-kamara-suspended-three-games-for-role-in-february-2022-incident-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three-game suspension<\/a>, but the New Orleans Saints could still use some more running back depth. Kendre Miller didn&#8217;t exactly impress during his preseason debut, and Jamaal Williams is much better as a runner than a receiver. Michael Carter could be a nice third-down asset for this team and could be a valauble part of the offense even when Kamara returns from his suspension.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Jim Dedmon &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Dalvin Cook and Breece Hall on the New York Jets, several teams should be interested in a Michael Carter trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":143944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,33,19,18,28],"tags":[9064,7642,7811,1586,8133,7330,7659],"class_list":["post-143915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-raiders","category-cardinals","category-cowboys","category-chargers","category-saints","tag-breece-hall","tag-chargers-featured","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-dalvin-cook","tag-michael-carter","tag-new-york-jets-news","tag-saints-featured"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}