The free agency period for the 2026 NFL offseason is soon approaching. Not only will free agents begin signing with new teams, but trades featuring notable veteran players feel like an inevitability, too.
Last offseason, notable players like DK Metcalf, Jalen Ramsey, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Joe Thuney, Deebo Samuel, George Pickens, and Laremy Tunsil all got dealt over the offseason.
Then, of course, there was the buzzer-beater trade of Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers right before the start of the regular season.
Which notable players could get traded in the 2026 NFL offseason? PFSN looks at 10 potential trade candidates.
Maxx Crosby, Raiders DE
A five-time Pro Bowler during his seven years with the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders franchise, Maxx Crosby is currently one of the best edge rushers in the NFL. He finished second in PFSN’s EDGE Impact Scoring this year. That said, 2025 might end up being his last year with the team after they finished with the worst record in football.
With Crosby turning 29, he’s in the prime of his NFL career. The Raiders are likely a few years away from having a team that’s ready to compete. By the time Las Vegas has a good enough team around him, he’ll probably be on the downturn. Dealing him at his maximum trade value would make sense for a rebuilding squad.
DJ Moore, Bears WR
DJ Moore was a big piece of the Chicago Bears’ trade back from the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. It paid off dividends for both sides initially, as he had a career-high 1,364 receiving yards in his first year with the team. However, his production has dropped each of the last two seasons.
The Bears have a deep group of weapons including Colston Loveland, Luther Burden, Rome Odunze, and Cole Kmet. With Moore averaging a career-low 40.1 yards per game in 2025, he’s not worth the $28.5 million cap hit he’ll have in 2026. Chicago would eat $12 million of that in a trade, however, which would be more enticing to WR-needy teams.
Kyler Murray, Cardinals QB
Missing time to injury and an eventual benching, Kyler Murray’s 2025 was about as rough as they come. The Arizona Cardinals seem likely to move on from their No. 1 pick from the 2019 NFL Draft in search of a new answer at quarterback.
Acquiring Murray in a trade would cost an NFL team roughly $34.7 million of the $52.6 million cap hit he’s owed in 2026. That’s obviously a large salary, but as far as veteran starting quarterbacks go, that comes on the lower end. He could be a good stop-gap option for one of the many teams in need of a new QB this offseason.
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Tua Tagovailoa, Dolphins QB
The Miami Dolphins are already in cost-cutting mode, having released the likes of Tyreek Hill and Bradley Chubb before the 2026 NFL Combine. Their next big move could be to trade quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, now that they have a new head coach and general manager in place focusing on a rebuild.
A pre-June 1 trade would only save the Dolphins $11 million in the 2026 offseason. However, the $45.2 million cap hit for next season might be worth it to prevent an even larger cap hit in 2027. Such a low cost relative to the quarterback position would make Tagovailoa a more enticing trade candidate for other teams, too.
A.J. Brown, Eagles WR
Amidst the Philadelphia Eagles’ regression on offense, star wide receiver A.J. Brown requested a trade as his role in took a hit in 2025. He still cracked the 1,000-yard receiving mark, but his 66.9 yards per game was the lowest average he’s had in a single season since his rookie year in 2019.
Brown will turn 29 this offseason, so while a blockbuster haul consisting of multiple first-round picks seems unlikely, he’ll still cost teams a pretty penny. If the Eagles choose to trade him this offseason, there will be plenty of interest across the NFL in the three-time Pro Bowler.
Kayvon Thibodeaux, Giants DE
Though Kayvon Thibodeaux started in all 10 games he played for the New York Giants this year, it feels like a foregone conclusion he’ll be on the outside looking in on their future plans. The team’s edge-rushing duo of the future is Brian Burns and 2025 first-round pick Abdul Carter, giving them a potentially premier tandem in the NFL.
Thibodeaux’s sack production may have dropped each of the last two years, but he graded No. 21 and No. 19 in PFSN’s EDGE Impact Metric the last two seasons. Still just 25 years old, he should be able to net the Giants some early-round draft capital.
Mac Jones, 49ers QB
Brock Purdy’s injuries allowed Mac Jones to start in eight games for the San Francisco 49ers in 2025, and the backup did an impressive job in relief. He went 5-3 in those starts with a 69.6% completion percentage and graded No. 9 in the NFL in PFSN’s QB Impact Metric.
Working under Kyle Shanahan as a backup seems to have done wonders for Sam Darnold, and Jones feels like a similar situation. As a one-time first-round pick who got to succeed in the 49ers’ offense and build himself back up, there could be interest around the NFL in him as a reclamation project.
Alvin Kamara, Saints RB
If Alvin Kamara gets dealt in the 2026 NFL offseason, it probably wouldn’t be for very much. He’ll turn 31 in July, he missed six games this year due to an MCL sprain, and he averaged career lows in yards per carry, rushing yards per game, and receiving yards per game in 2025.
Still, the New Orleans Saints could drum up interest in Kamara by selling him as a buy-low trade candidate with upside. After all, he had 1,463 scrimmage yards and 9 total touchdowns in 2024, which was his best campaign since 2021. He’s a proven veteran with good receiving ability, even as he gets older.
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Keon Coleman, Bills WR
Needless to say, the Keon Coleman experiment isn’t working out for the Buffalo Bills. It’s not a great sign when your production decreases in Year 2 compared to your rookie year. It’s especially not great when your team’s owner states that your general manager didn’t even want to draft you, and that they only did so to appease the coaching staff.
It feels unfair to write off Coleman entirely this early, seeing as though he won’t even turn 23 years old until May. There are several wide receivers in the 2026 NFL Draft older than he is. If Buffalo believes a change of scenery would be best for the 2024 second-round pick, expect there to be plenty of teams making calls.
Kenny Clark, Cowboys DT
In addition to the draft capital the Dallas Cowboys received, Kenny Clark was a big asset in the haul they got for trading Parsons to the Green Bay Packers. Fast forward to the end of the 2025 NFL season, though, and Clark might already be on his way out the door.
That’s hardly to say Clark was bad in his first year with the Cowboys. However, they already have Osa Odighizuwa signed to a long-term deal at defensive tackle, and they traded for Quinnen Williams at the 2025 NFL trade deadline. That logjam at the position could see Dallas free up cap space to focus elsewhere on defense.
