QB Room, Week 8: NFL trade deadline’s top names to watch as contenders try to help their star passers

An AFC general manager was going down a list of NFL teams during a phone call Monday, speculating buyers and sellers at the trade deadline, when the Kansas City Chiefs’ acquisition of New England Patriots edge rusher Josh Uche popped up in his text messages.

“Uche just went,” he said. “To the Chiefs. Wow.”

Uche’s availability was about as close to being broadcast publicly by the Patriots as you could get. And not just his availability, but also a fifth-round draft pick price tag that many suspected had an even lower threshold for compensation. Which it ultimately did, in the form of a sixth-round pick from Kansas City. It marked the second trade the Chiefs have made as the deadline approaches on Tuesday — the first being a trade for Tennessee Titans wideout DeAndre Hopkins. And there’s a chance Kansas City isn’t done, either. Last week, multiple executives told Yahoo Sports that the Chiefs were making calls on cornerback availability.

Still squarely in a Super Bowl window that will probably exist as long as Patrick Mahomes is under center, Kansas City is wasting no time scouring every avenue to help him make the next championship happen. Because while Hopkins trade was expressly for Mahomes, the defensive additions are about Mahomes. For a few teams with special quarterbacks — Super Bowl window creators — the shopping list is about having the QB, regardless of where you’re making the team better around him.

You certainly see it happening right now with the trade calls. The 49ers are in the wideout market looking for a reliable short-term rental to cover the hole made by the season-ending injury to Brandon Aiyuk. The Lions are poking around defensive ends, to help cover for the loss of Aidan Hutchinson, but also to make sure they take their best possible cut in the playoffs while Jared Goff is playing at his peak.

The Washington Commanders feel like they’ve suddenly got a tiger by the tail with the way that quarterback Jayden Daniels has…

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Publish date : 2024-10-30 17:04:49

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