NFL Trade Deadline 2025
When is the 2025 NFL Trade Deadline? Top Trade Candidates, Date, and Time. Midway through the season, NFL teams have their last opportunity to bolster their rosters, but they must act within the next 24 to 30 hours.
As the 2025 regular season approaches its midway point in Week 9, the NFL trade deadline is drawing near. Approximately twelve teams have made transactions at this midseason cutoff in recent years in an effort to bolster their lineups for a better season finale.
Days before this year’s deadline, a few significant acquisitions have already been completed. The Philadelphia Eagles acquired edge rusher Jaelan Phillips on November 3 by trading a third-round pick to the Miami Dolphins.
Only a few days had passed since Philadelphia acquired cornerback Michael Carter II of the New York Jets.
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Several additional deals are anticipated to occur before the afternoon of November 4, with around a day and a half remaining before the trading deadline.
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What is the NFL Trade Deadline for 2025?
Date: 4 November
Time: 4 p.m. Eastern Time
NFL Trade Deadline 2025
The NFL trade deadline will occur after Week 9 of the season for the second year in a row.
The trade deadline used to fall after Week 6 prior to 2012. But 13 years ago, a regulation change moved it to the Tuesday after Week 8. NFL teams decided to postpone it by one week last year, and it now takes place on the Tuesday following Week 9.
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Prospective 2025 Trade Candidates
Before this year’s deadline, USA TODAY Sports’ Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz lists the following players as top trade candidates:
Kirk Cousins, quarterback, Atlanta Falcons
RB for the New York Jets, Breece Hall
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara
Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Jakobi Meyers
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed
Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku
Trey Hendrickson, a defensive end, Cincinnati Bengals
Bradley Chubb, an OLB for the Miami Dolphins
Tennessee Titans DT Jeffrey Simmons
Riq Woolen of the Seattle Seahawks, CB
NFL Trade Deadline 2025: Date, Time, and Top Trade Candidates to Watch
