Front offices made the calls and kicked the tires on potential preseason deals with other teams before the 2024 NFL season began. We tracked every trade since training camp opened, and we got our first one Aug. 9 when the Vikings and Cowboys exchanged depth cornerbacks. Things heated up when the Falcons made a significant move for Matthew Judon, and then the Eagles made a deal for Jahan Dotson.
Here are all the trades that happened between training camp and the regular season, along with buzz on what's next. (The latest moves are at the top.)
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Aug. 28
Chargers add QB Heinicke from Falcons
Los Angeles Chargers get: QB Taylor Heinicke
Atlanta Falcons get: Conditional sixth-round pick
The Chargers have agreed to a trade with the Falcons for quarterback Taylor Heinicke, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Chargers will send the Falcons a conditional sixth-round pick, the source said.
Source: Titans sending CB Molden to Chargers
Los Angeles Chargers get: CB Elijah Molden
Tennessee Titans get: 2026 seventh-round pick
The Chargers have traded for Titans cornerback Elijah Molden for a seventh round pick. Molden gives the Chargers added depth and a special teams player at a position where they struggled last season.
Sources: Saints adding DT depth
New Orleans Saints get: DT John Ridgeway III, 2025 seventh-round pick
Washington Commanders get: 2025 sixth-round pick
The Saints are adding Ridgeway to their defensive tackle group, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. Ridgeway -- a 2022 fifth-rounder -- played in all 17 games in Washington last season. New Orleans and Washington are swapping late-round picks as part of the deal.
Aug. 27
Sources: Bills and Jets make in-division deal
Buffalo Bills get: DB/KR Brandon Codrington, 2026 late-round pick
New York Jets get: 2026 late-round pick
The Jets traded Codrington to the Bills in an exchange of late-round 2026 picks, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. Codrington is an undrafted rookie out of NC Central.
Sources: Cowboys dealing TE to Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs get: TE Peyton Hendershot
Dallas Cowboys get: Conditional 2026 seventh-round pick
Hendershot -- who was traded for a seventh-rounder, per ESPN's Adam Schefter and Todd Archer -- will provide tight end depth to Kansas City after 15 catches over two seasons in Dallas.
Sources: Titans to add LB from Rams
Tennessee Titans get: LB Ernest Jones IV, 2026 sixth-round pick
Los Angeles Rams get: 2026 fifth-round pick
The Rams are sending Jones to the Titans. Jones had 145 tackles and 4.5 sacks last season. The trade comes after Rams general manager Les Snead said at the league meetings in March that the team would not sign Jones to a contract extension before the season. Jones is in the final season of his rookie deal.
Aug. 26
Sources: Chiefs add front seven help in deal with Cardinals
Kansas City Chiefs get: EDGE Cam Thomas
Arizona Cardinals get: 2025 seventh-round pick
The Chiefs sent a seventh-round pick to the Cardinals for Thomas, a 2022 third-round pick who has three career sacks. He played 338 defensive snaps last season, racking up 21 total tackles and three tackles for loss.
Sources: Packers land QB Willis from Titans
Green Bay Packers get: QB Malik Willis
Tennessee Titans get: 2025 seventh-round pick
The Packers on Monday traded a 2025 seventh-round draft pick to the Titans for Willis, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Willis is expected to back up Jordan Love this season.
Walder: Grading the deal for the Packers, Titans (ESPN+)
Seahawks acquire LB Gipson in trade with Jaguars
Seattle Seahawks get: OLB Trevis Gipson
Jacksonville Jaguars get: 2025 sixth-round pick
The Seahawks have bolstered their edge depth by acquiring outside linebacker Trevis Gipson in a trade with the Jaguars, the team announced Monday. The move comes in the wake of the knee injury to Uchenna Nwosu, Seattle's best edge rusher who was hurt on the opening drive of Saturday's preseason finale against the Cleveland Browns. In exchange, the Jaguars will receive a 2025 sixth-round pick, a source told ESPN's Michael DiRocco.
Barnwell: 23 players who could be traded before the Nov. deadline
Trades are more and more of a reality in the modern NFL. With the league cutting rosters down to 53 players Tuesday, more trades are coming. Players will be squeezed off rosters. New regimes will decide whether or not they want to keep their predecessors' players around.
Let's look at potential trade candidates by expanding that window just a little further. I've identified players who could be involved in potential deals between now and the deadline (Nov. 5).
Aug. 25
Sources: Rams allowing LB Jones to seek trade
The Los Angeles Rams have granted linebacker Ernest Jones IV and his agents permission to seek a trade, sources told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler on Sunday. The permission comes after the Rams and Jones unsuccessfully discussed an extension as the linebacker enters the final year of his contract.
Aug. 24
Bears add DT from Browns in swap of late-round picks
Chicago Bears get: DT Chris Williams, 2025 seventh-round pick
Cleveland Browns get: 2025 sixth-round pick
The Bears are sending a 2025 sixth-round pick to the Browns in exchange for Williams and a 2025 seventh-rounder, according to ESPN's Courtney Cronin. Chicago coach Matt Eberflus expressed concern about defensive tackle depth on Thursday night, and Williams played for Eberflus in Indianapolis from 2020-22.
Aug. 23
Bears land OLB from Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks get: 2025 sixth-round pick
Chicago Bears get: LB Darrell Taylor
Chicago sent a 2025 sixth-round pick to Seattle in exchange for Taylor, sources confirmed to ESPN's Courtney Cronin and Brady Henderson. Since the 2021 season, Taylor has totaled 21.5 sacks in 49 games with 13 starts.
Aug. 22
Seahawks trade corner for recent draft pick
Seattle Seahawks get: LB Michael Barrett
Carolina Panthers get: CB Michael Jackson
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Seahawks sent Jackson to the Panthers in exchange for Barrett, a seventh-round pick this past April. Jackson has played the last three seasons with Seattle, highlighted by a 75-tackle season in 2022.
Eagles land WR from in-division rival
Philadelphia Eagles get: WR Jahan Dotson, 2025 fifth-round pick
Washington Commanders get: 2025 third-round pick, two 2025 seventh-round picks
Washington is sending Dotson and a fifth-round pick to the Eagles in exchange for a 2025 third-round pick and two seventh-round picks, per ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Walder: Grading the deal (ESPN+)
Commanders add a kicker
Washington Commanders get: K Cade York
Cleveland Browns get: Conditional seventh-round pick
The Browns are trading York to the Commanders for a conditional seventh-round pick. York becomes the third kicker that the Commanders have acquired since having to release veteran Brandon McManus in May.
Aug. 14
Cowboys make in-division deal for DT
Dallas Cowboys get: DT Jordan Phillips, 2026 seventh-round pick
New York Giants get: 2026 sixth-round pick
The Cowboys are shoring up the middle of their defensive line with Phillips for a late-round draft pick swap. Phillips had spent the past two seasons in Buffalo.
Falcons address their edge rush
Atlanta Falcons get: Edge Matthew Judon
New England Patriots get: 2025 third-round pick
The Falcons have landed the pass rusher they sought for years. The Patriots are trading Judon to the Falcons for a third-round draft pick, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Judon had been seeking a new contract for 2025. The Falcons and Judon have not hammered out a contract for next season yet but plan to work toward one before the start of the season, a source told ESPN's Dan Graziano.
Judon, who turns 32 this week, is a four-time Pro Bowler who had a career-high 15.5 sacks in 2022 following a 12.5-sack season in 2021. He missed most of last year with a torn bicep.
Walder: Grading the deal (ESPN+)
Aug. 11
Browns land a center
Cleveland Browns get: C Nick Harris, 2026 seventh-round pick
Seattle Seahawks get: 2026 sixth-round pick
The trade comes one day after the Browns lost backup center Luke Wypler to a fractured ankle. Harris -- a fifth-round pick of Cleveland in 2020 -- is a depth addition.
Aug. 9
Vikings and Cowboys swap CBs
Minnesota Vikings get: CB Nahshon Wright
Dallas Cowboys get: CB Andrew Booth Jr.
The Cowboys and Vikings agreed Friday to exchange cornerbacks whose time had run out with their respective teams. The Cowboys will receive Booth, the No. 42 pick of the 2022 draft, who played only 11% of the Vikings' defensive snaps over the past two seasons. The Vikings will take on Wright, a third-round pick in 2021 who played in just 22 games with three starts and one interception.
Aug. 6
Patriots won't pursue trade for WR Aiyuk
After inquiring about Brandon Aiyuk's availability, the New England Patriots have decided not to explore any further trade possibilities with the San Francisco 49ers regarding their standout wide receiver, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The Patriots were one of three teams that had been in contact with the Niners about a potential trade for Aiyuk, along with the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers, sources told ESPN.
Wagoner/Reiss: 49ers willing to listen on Aiyuk trade offers