2022 NFL trade deadline: One deal each team should make; 32 scenarios for buyers and sellers

The 2022 NFL trade deadline is fast approaching on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Some teams are already squarely in the “buyers” camp, with the Rams and 49ers reportedly bidding over Christian McCaffrey before the latter acquired the star running back. Others, like the Panthers, are already confirmed as sellers. But all 32 teams could use some degree of tweaking.

With that in mind, here are 32 different trade possibilities — one potential addition or subtraction for every team:

Sell: WR A.J. Green

The former Pro Bowler wouldn’t fetch more than a late-round pick as a rental on his last legs, but he’s got no tangible role in a receiving corps that has DeAndre Hopkins back in action, even with Marquise Brown sidelined. Arizona needs to be in the business of parting with more aging starters, not pursuing them.

Buy: Raiders DE Clelin Ferrell

The former first-rounder’s price tag should be low thanks to an underwhelming run in Vegas, and the Falcons, sneakily competitive in the NFC South, are still sorely lacking in the pass rush department. Maybe a change of scenery would allow the Clemson product to land a modest deal and stick in Atlanta beyond 2022.

Buy: Panthers WR D.J. Moore

Carolina shouldn’t — and likely won’t — trade its No. 1 target, but that doesn’t mean the Ravens shouldn’t try their darndest. Besides Moore’s local ties, coming out of Maryland, he would instantly give Lamar Jackson the best all-around receiver of the MVP QB’s career, helping propel an erratic aerial attack that lacks a true alpha out wide.

Buy: Commanders RB Antonio Gibson

They couldn’t land Christian McCaffrey, but Gibson would be a solid consolation prize as a dual threat with starting-caliber stuff. Still playing second fiddle to Brian Robinson Jr. in Washington, he should be available as a plug-and-play complement to Devin Singletary. As a bonus, he’s signed through 2023.

Sell: LB Shaq Thompson

They should hold onto their young building blocks, including D.J. Moore and Brian Burns, but the defense has enough of them (see: Derrick Brown, Jaycee Horn, etc.) to warrant shopping Thompson before the former first-rounder is due a whopping $24 million in 2023, the final year of his extension.

Sell: LB Roquan Smith 

Now that they’ve done what they should’ve done months ago in dealing Robert Quinn, it’s time to auction off his running mate in the front seven, who was visibly saddened by Quinn’s Wednesday…