NFL Trade Machine
Build and evaluate trades with live salary cap, dead cap, and calibrated player values.
How it works. Select two teams, add players and picks to each side, and the tool evaluates the trade using live salary cap data and a player valuation model calibrated to real NFL trades. Toggle Rich Hill (modern) or Jimmy Johnson (classic) pick charts; Post-June 1 switches how dead cap is calculated.
Player valuation. Trade value = Position Ceiling × Production × Age × Contract, calibrated against 28 real trades (2023–2026). Production blends PFSN Impact Grades with pace-normalized stats, weighted toward the grade for OL, DT, and CB where box-score numbers are unreliable. QBs use a separate franchise/non-franchise path with cap-commitment multipliers. Diminishing returns apply to multi-asset packages based on the receiving team's context.
Cap rules. 2026 cap is $301.2M. Both teams must stay under after a trade. The sending team absorbs dead cap from unamortized signing bonus proration; the receiving team takes on remaining base salary and bonuses. Alerts flag cap violations, missing picks in future years, and dead cap exceeding salary relief.