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SB Nation proposes six hypothetical NFL trades, including a Bears blockbuster

SB Nation lays out six hypothetical NFL trades it would like to see before the trade deadline, including a proposed blockbuster involving the Chicago Bears. The outlet presents the deals as suggestions, not transactions that have been completed.

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What happened

Key facts

  • The proposed trades are ideas the writer wants to see before the NFL trade deadline, not completed transactions (per sbnation.com, Yahoo).
  • One of the six proposed trades involves the Chicago Bears and is described as a blockbuster (per sbnation.com, Yahoo, goal.com).
  • The article says the NFL trade deadline falls on the Tuesday after Week 9 (per sbnation.com).
  • The article says players could move within the next handful of weeks (per sbnation.com).
  • The article discusses Jacksonville's receiver situation, saying Parker Washington remains the team's top target and Jakobi Meyers is second (per sbnation.com).
  • The article says Brenton Strange is tied for Jacksonville's team lead with 26 catches (per sbnation.com).
  • The article says Josh Cameron has out-snapped Thomas over the previous two games (per sbnation.com).
  • The article says Thomas would become the New York Giants' No. 2 receiver and that Chad Hall coached him with Jacksonville in 2024 (per sbnation.com).
  • The article says Thomas recorded nearly 1,300 yards and made the Pro Bowl as a rookie (per sbnation.com).

The brief

SB Nation lays out six hypothetical NFL trades it would like to see before the trade deadline, including a proposed blockbuster involving the Chicago Bears. The outlet presents the deals as suggestions, not transactions that have been completed. Its article describes the deadline as the Tuesday after Week 9 and says players will be on the move within the next handful of weeks.

The article also discusses Jacksonville's receiver depth. It says Parker Washington remains the team's top target, with Jakobi Meyers in the No. 2 role. Tight end Brenton Strange is tied for Jacksonville's team lead with 26 catches. Josh Cameron has played more snaps than Thomas over the past two games, according to the article.

SB Nation's discussion connects Thomas with the New York Giants, saying he would immediately become the team's second receiver on the depth chart. The article identifies Chad Hall as the Giants' wide receivers coach and says Hall coached Thomas at Jacksonville in 2024.

The article describes Thomas's rookie season as one in which he recorded nearly 1,300 yards and earned Pro Bowl recognition. It also says Jacksonville's receiver group includes Meyers, Washington and Thomas, while noting that Brenton Strange is tied for the team lead in catches. These details provide the roster context around the proposed move involving Thomas.

The piece mentions Travis Hunter's potential breakout performance on offense and defense in Week 6 against the Texans. It also says that, outside Malik Nabers, the Giants' next-leading wide receiver is Malachi Fields, who has 12 catches. Those points help explain the receiver roles discussed in the article, while the proposed trades remain hypothetical.

Yahoo's headline also describes six trades the outlet wants to see at the deadline and mentions a Bears blockbuster. Goal.com's headline concerns watching a Chicago Bears–New England Patriots game; it does not state that the game is part of the proposed trade discussion. The trade article's stated focus remains hypothetical deals, with the Bears proposal among them.

Why it matters

  • The Bears blockbuster is a proposal, not a completed trade, so it does not establish a roster change.
  • The article links a possible Thomas move to the Giants' receiver depth chart, where it says he would take the No. 2 role.
  • Jacksonville's receiver picture includes Washington as the top target, Meyers second, and Strange tied for the team lead with 26 catches.

What to watch next

  • Whether any of the six hypothetical trades is completed before the NFL deadline, which the article places on the Tuesday after Week 9.
  • Whether Thomas moves to the New York Giants, as contemplated in the article.
  • Whether Jacksonville's receiver roles change from the arrangement described: Washington first and Meyers second.

How it's being covered

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Outlet political mix: Center Only· 3 Center
Where the outlets are based: US/Canada 67% · Europe 33%
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Timeline

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  1. The Chicago Bears joined the American Professional Football Association as the Decatur Staleys.
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  2. The New York Giants joined the NFL as an expansion team.
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  3. The Jacksonville Jaguars began play as an NFL expansion team.
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  4. Before that change, the deadline had been moved in 2012 from after Week 6 to after Week 8, giving clubs more time to make in-season deals.
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  5. NFL owners moved the trade deadline from after Week 6 to after Week 8.
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  6. The NFL’s trade-deadline framework is the immediate backdrop: in 2021, team owners moved the deadline from the Tuesday after Week 8 to the Tuesday after Week 9, the schedule described in the current article.
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How we got here

The NFL’s trade-deadline framework is the immediate backdrop: in 2021, team owners moved the deadline from the Tuesday after Week 8 to the Tuesday after Week 9, the schedule described in the current article. Before that change, the deadline had been moved in 2012 from after Week 6 to after Week 8, giving clubs more time to make in-season deals.

The 2012 change followed decades in which the NFL used an earlier deadline, set after the sixth week in 1990.

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