The NFL's trade deadline approaches as the 2025 regular season passes its midway point in Week 9. In recent years, the midseason cutoff has prompted a dozen or so moves from contenders each season as they try to bolster their rosters before the home stretch.

Despite coming up empty at the trade deadline, it appears as if the Buffalo Bills made an effort to land a couple of big fish. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pe

Gazette's Gerry Dulac revealed that the Steelers were close to acquiring a wide receiver at the deadline before the deal fell apart.

The NFL trade deadline brought about a flurry of action, with multiple star players unexpectedly being sent packing on Tuesday.

The NFL trade deadline was once a nothingburger. From 2000 through 2024, the NFL had a total of 42 deadline day deals, compared to 211 in the NBA, 499 in the NHL and 759 in MLB. The NFL, a league that made itself the main character of the American sports landscape for roughly 12 months a year, was not part of the trade deadline industrial complex.

"FOX NFL Sunday" crew bread down the winners and losers of the NFL Trade Deadline, including the Cowboys and Colts blockbuster trades.

NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero on who the Buffalo Bills tried to acquire for at trade deadline.

How did this year's NFL trade deadline moves shake up the 2026 mock drafts? This projection has the Saints taking a big risk at QB at first overall.

Given this quiet deadline, it's easy to point blame at general manager Brandon Beane. Nevertheless, per NFL Media's Tom Pelissero, the Bills were the highest bidder for Miami Dolphins receiver Jaylen Waddle and New York Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams.