Bill Barnwell Oct 22, 2026, 06:35 AM ET

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Bill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X's and O's, offseason transactions and so much more.

He is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast , with episodes released weekly. Barnwell joined ESPN in 2011 as a staff writer at Grantland.

NFL trade season is about to heat up -- the deadline is less than three weeks away (Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. ET). We've already seen receiver Marvin Harrison Jr . dealt to the Texans , quarterback J.J. McCarthy moved to the Giants , cornerback Joey Porter Jr . sent to the Cowboys and center Cam Jurgens traded to Baltimore . And in the weeks to come, more trades will follow. Let's project some of them with 11 proposals that make sense for both teams involved.

While deadline deals across all sports don't always have a dramatic impact on the games that play out afterward, 2025 was a clear case when moves in the NFL mattered.…