Let's grade every big deal that happened before the 2024 NFL trade deadline. We're sizing up Tuesday's deals, such as Tre'Davious White to the Ravens, Mike Williams and Preston Smith to the Steelers, Marshon Lattimore to the Commanders and Za'Darius Smith to the Lions. We also have grades for deals that happened before Tuesday, such as Diontae Johnson to the Ravens, Cam Robinson to the Vikings, Davante Adams to the Jets, Amari Cooper to the Bills and DeAndre Hopkins to the Chiefs.
I'm a big believer in judging decisions based on information available at the time. The saying "Let's see how it plays out" isn't an option for general managers making deals for their teams, so why should it be for us evaluating those transactions? So when I'm grading trades, I evaluate them for each team based on on-field impact, cap implications, draft compensation and effects within the context of a team's overall short- and long-term outlook. I like to think about decisions on two axes:
How confident are we in knowing if this is a good or bad decision?
How big is the impact of this decision?
They'll both play a role in our grades, though a low-impact decision can still receive a strong or poor grade. Low-stakes, clear-cut wins or losses still matter. Latest grades are at the top, but you can also jump to the biggest ones.
Jump to a big trade:
P. Smith | Williams | Lattimore | Z. Smith
Johnson | Adams | Cooper | Hopkins
49ers trading for DT Davis
San Francisco 49ers get: DT Khalil Davis
Houston Texans get: 2026 seventh-round pick
Trade date: Nov. 5
