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Which NFL teams should make trades before the deadline? What Barnwell expects for 18 contenders
Should the Giants keep adding? Could the Bills go all-in? Would the Steelers stay conservative? Here's how 18 teams at or above .500 should approach the deadline.

Team-by-team trade deadline outlooks
We outlined deadline plans for all 32 teams, including who could be dealt before 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

Top Headlines
- Harbaugh backs Herbert after Rams DB said Chargers QB 'was throwing deli meat'
- Patriots owner Kraft recovering from back surgery, will miss Gronk ceremony
- Sources: Ravens finalizing trade with Cardinals for QB Brissett
- Sources: Hurts makes appearance at Eagles facility amid recovery from blood clots
- Packers' Jacobs addresses latest allegations, not worried about missing more games

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Fantasy Football
The Playbook: Shadow Reports, lineup locks and projected scores for Week 9

Six players you can now trust in lineups, four that you cannot any longer


Around the league
Midseason reports on every new NFL head coach: Ups and downs for all 10 offseason hires

Power Rankings: Updated 1-32 poll, plus the best in-season trade acquisitions ever


A troubled franchise
Skip Bayless: The Cowboys are a national embarrassment under Jerry Jones

Jerry Jones' stance on coach pay is a sign he remains Cowboys' biggest problem


NFL Nation
Could the Panthers make a trade deadline move? Five potential targets


NFL draft
Kiper updates his 2027 Big Board: Ranking the top 25 NFL draft prospects


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Top Headlines
- Harbaugh backs Herbert after Rams DB said Chargers QB 'was throwing deli meat'
- Patriots owner Kraft recovering from back surgery, will miss Gronk ceremony
- Sources: Ravens finalizing trade with Cardinals for QB Brissett
- Sources: Hurts makes appearance at Eagles facility amid recovery from blood clots
- Packers' Jacobs addresses latest allegations, not worried about missing more games
- Shanahan: No bad blood with Jennings, who said he's 'happy' with Vikings
- Saints' Tyson has 1st practice since injury, feels 'more explosive' than ever
- Lions' Campbell has full movement in lower body after neck injury
- 🏈 Seven things Solak thinks for Week 9
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