{"id":148547,"date":"2023-10-02T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T20:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=148547"},"modified":"2023-10-02T06:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T10:35:02","slug":"nfl-trades-deadline-team-fits-kirk-cousins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/10\/02\/nfl-trades-deadline-team-fits-kirk-cousins\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Potential Big-Name Trades, Team Fits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four weeks of NFL action are officially in the books, which means that some big trades are right around the corner. Several teams currently sitting at 1-3 and 0-4 have to know that this just isn&#8217;t their year, and that it&#8217;s time to start building for 2024. With the trade deadline less than a month away, don&#8217;t be surprised if some of these big-name players find a new home in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>[cta id=4013 type=cta]<\/p>\n<h2>5 Potential NFL Trades, Ideal Team Destinations<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Kirk Cousins<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/05\/08\/nfl-quarterback-rankings-2023-season\/\" target=\"_self\">Kirk Cousins is a solid starter<\/a> in the NFL, but he&#8217;s not the type of guy who can singlehandedly drag a poor roster into the playoffs. We&#8217;re seeing that this year, as the quarterback is putting up exceptional numbers but isn&#8217;t good enough to overcome Minnesota&#8217;s terrible defense. The team is currently 1-3 and, if this downward spiral continues, the Vikings will likely trade Cousins to one of the many NFL teams looking for a quarterback upgrade. Cousins is in the final year of his contract, and the fact that Minnesota did not extend him already heavily implies they&#8217;ll be looking for a new face of the franchise in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ideal Team Fits: New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers (if Kenny Pickett is seriously hurt)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>2. Brian Burns<\/h3>\n<p>Last year at the NFL trade deadline, the Carolina Panthers <a href=\"https:\/\/theramswire.usatoday.com\/2022\/11\/06\/rams-panthers-brian-burns-trade-offer-round-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly turned down<\/a> the opportunity to trade Brian Burns for two first-round picks. At the time, Carolina must have believed that they were only a quarterback away from competing and didn&#8217;t want to part ways with a potential building block on the defense. Well, they have their quarterback now, and the Panthers are worse than ever. Seeing as they have no first-round pick in 2024, they could be willing to trade Brian Burns for the right price.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ideal Team Fits<\/em><em>: Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Rams<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would sell my soul for Brian Burns in Baltimore <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/88FLvrYfy5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/88FLvrYfy5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RAMEY (@HoodieRamey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoodieRamey\/status\/1706094244761305245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>3. Jerry Jeudy<\/h3>\n<p>Sean Payton appears to have fixed Russell Wilson, but <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/10\/01\/denver-broncos-lose-by-winning\/\" target=\"_self\">everything else in Denver is an absolute disaster<\/a>. The team needed to mount a massive comeback just to beat the lowly Chicago Bears, and it&#8217;s a foregone conclusion that this team will not compete for a playoff spot. Jerry Jeudy is clearly behind Courtland Sutton in the pecking order, so the Broncos could choose to trade the former first-round pick to one of the many NFL teams looking for a starting-caliber wide receiver.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ideal Team Fits: Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>4. Jonathan Taylor<\/h3>\n<p>The contract dispute between Jonathan Taylor and the Indianapolis Colts is one of the messiest in recent memory. It&#8217;s clear that the Colts will not give Taylor the deal he wants, and it&#8217;s also clear that Taylor has no desire to risk injuring himself for an organization that has no interest in his long-term well-being. Even though the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/10\/24\/running-back-least-important-position\/\" target=\"_self\">NFL running back market<\/a> has taken a tumble in recent years, there should be some teams willing to trade for a top-five talent like Taylor.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ideal Team Fits: Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>5. J.C. Jackson<\/h3>\n<p>The Los Angeles Chargers are 2-2, but big-money free agent J.C. Jackson is not a reason for the success. The cornerback picked up where he left off in 2022, and that&#8217;s not a good thing. He&#8217;s clearly not a fit for Brandon Staley&#8217;s defense, and the Chargers would probably trade him to any NFL organization willing to give up even a conditional seventh-round pick.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ideal Team Fits: New England Patriots, Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Universal Responsible Gambling Disclaimer: Ages 21+. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Jim Dedmon &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the trade deadline less than a month away, these five NFL trades could shake the landscape of the entire league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":148613,"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":[30,15,12,18,26],"tags":[4415,7642,7811,4054,5581,6237,403,7661,7638],"class_list":["post-148547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-panthers","category-broncos","category-colts","category-chargers","category-vikings","tag-brian-burns","tag-chargers-featured","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-j-c-jackson","tag-jerry-jeudy","tag-jonathan-taylor","tag-kirk-cousins","tag-panthers-featured","tag-ravens-featured"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148547","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=148547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}