Signaling the franchise views itself as a contender again, the Washington Commanders gave up three draft picks to acquire Pro Bowl cornerback Marshon Lattimore from the sinking New Orleans Saints on Tuesday.
The Commanders (7-2) reportedly discussed multiple moves for help in the secondary to better match up with No. 1-type wide receivers and opted to bet on Lattimore despite the asking price of 2025 third-, fourth- and sixth-round picks. Washington also receives a fifth-round pick in the 2025 draft. Lattimore, 28, has missed 19 games over the past two seasons due to injuries.
The trade was the lone move at the deadline involving a guaranteed third-round draft pick and helps the Saints shift into a new phase of rebuilding days after firing head coach Dennis Allen. New Orleans has lost seven consecutive games after a 2-0 start.
Washington began Tuesday with nine draft picks in 2025 and the Commanders had two third-round picks; its own selection and the Eagles’ third-rounder from the Jahan Dotson trade earlier this year.
The sixth-round pick is going back to the Saints from Commanders GM Adam Peters. Washington acquired the pick in a trade for defensive tackle John Ridgeway III.
Adding Lattimore to pair with Benjamin St-Juste likely bumps 2023 first-round pick Emmanuel Forbes out of the starting lineup.
Lattimore started seven games this season and didn’t play last week at Carolina. He was limited by a strained hamstring in recent weeks and the deal with the Commanders is subject to a routine physical.
He has started 97 regular-season games with 405 tackles (326 solo), 15 interceptions, five forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries and 88 pass breakups.
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LIONS ACQUIRE ZA’DARIUS SMITH FROM BROWNS
Smith is back in the NFC North, acquired by conference-leading Detroit from Cleveland for a fifth-round selection in the 2025 NFL Draft and a sixth-round pick in 2026.
Pushing for a pass rusher since losing Aidan Hutchinson to a broken leg, the Lions landed Smith and also receive a seventh-round pick in 2026.
A three-time Pro Bowl selection, Smith has five sacks this season playing opposite Myles Garrett in Cleveland.
The edge rusher has 65 career sacks, 321 tackles and 10 forced fumbles in 132 career games (89 starts) with the Baltimore Ravens, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and Browns.
Bengals trade for Bears’ Khalil Herbert
Displaced by the arrival of free agent D’Andre Swift at the start of the 2024 season, Herbert could step into an immediate role in the Bengals’ backfield after Cincinnati traded a seventh-round pick to acquire the 26-year-old.
Herbert provides depth in the Bengals’ offense after running back Zack Moss landed on injured reserve Tuesday with a neck injury.
Herbert had eight carries for 16 yards and a touchdown with the Bears this season. He has rushed for 1,791 yards and nine touchdowns to go along with 45 catches for 291 yards and two scores in 48 career games (12 starts) with the Bears.
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49ERS ACQUIRE DT KHALIL DAVIS FROM TEXANS
For the fourth time in five years, 49ers general manager John Lynch acquired a defensive lineman at the trade deadline.
Lynch traded a seventh-round pick in 2026 to the Texans for Davis, a reserve defensive tackle for former 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans in San Francisco.
Davis has played in nine games in 2024 and appeared in 15 games with the Texans last season, totaling 41 tackles and three sacks.
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RAVENS NAB CB TRE’DAVIOUS WHITE FROM RAMS
White, a two-time Pro Bowl cornerback, was traded from Los Angeles to Baltimore along with a 2027 seventh-round pick. The Rams receive a seventh-rounder in 2026 in the deal, which provides White with a fresh start after being a gameday inactive for four consecutive games.
Even if the deal is finalized quickly, the Ravens are unlikely to use White this week. They play the Cincinnati Bengals in Baltimore on Thursday night. The Ravens allow 280.9 passing yards per game, last in the NFL entering Week 10.
Signed to a one-year deal worth up to $10 million with incentives in the offseason, White was granted permission to seek a trade by the Rams last month.
The 2017 Defensive Rookie of the Year runner-up, White was named All-Pro in 2019, when he led the NFL with six interceptions.
Since tearing his ACL in 2021, White has been fighting to stay healthy. He suffered another season-ending injury (Achilles) in 2023 and was released by the Bills in a cap-savings move in March.
White has recorded 18 interceptions, 70 passes defensed and 323 tackles in 86 career starts.
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STEELERS GET WR MIKE WILLIAMS FROM JETS, EDGE PRESTON SMITH FROM PACKERS
Pittsburgh was linked to multiple wide receivers in the trade rumor mill since training camp. In the Williams trade, the Steelers sent a 2025 fifth-round draft pick to New York in exchange for Williams and later in the day parted with a seventh-rounder to Green Bay for Smith.
Williams, 30, has played in all nine games (three starts) in his first season with the Jets but has only 12 catches for 166 yards and zero touchdowns.
Head coach Mike Tomlin voiced frustration with the Steelers’ WR corps behind George Pickens. Rookie third-rounder Roman Wilson was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury and had zero catches before Pittsburgh made the move entering its Week 9 bye.
In three games since the Jets added wide receiver Davante Adams in a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders on Oct. 15, Williams has caught two of four targets for 21 yards.
Williams signed a one-year, $10 million deal with New York in March following seven seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers.
Williams caught 309 passes for 4,806 yards and 31 TDs in 88 games (62 starts) with the Chargers.
The Steelers (6-2) have been looking for receiving help since trading Diontae Johnson to the Carolina Panthers in the offseason and were thought to be one of the frontrunners for 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk until he signed a new contract to stay in San Francisco.
Smith, who turns 32 later this month, has recorded 2.5 sacks, four quarterback hits and 19 tackles in nine starts for the Packers in 2024. He’s under contract for the next two seasons.
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COWBOYS DEAL FOR PANTHERS WR JONATHAN MINGO
Carolina traded Mingo to Dallas for a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Adding Mingo, 23, gives backup quarterback Cooper Rush another big, talented target as he steps in for injured starter Dak Prescott. As part of the announced trade, the Cowboys also net a seventh-round pick in 2025.
Mingo started 14 games as a rookie last season. The emergence of rookie first-round pick Xavier Legette and undrafted free agent Jalen Coker pushed Mingo down the depth chart in 2024.
Rebuilding Carolina traded Diontae Johnson and a 2025 sixth-rounder to the Ravens last week in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2025.
Drafted 39th overall by the Panthers in the 2023 NFL Draft, Mingo caught 43 passes as a rookie and has 12 receptions this season.
During the 2023 draft, Mingo was a receiver the Cowboys “really liked,” according to owner Jerry Jones. Dallas used its second-round pick, 19 spots after Mingo went off the board, to select Michigan tight end Luke Schoonmaker.
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TRADES COMPLETED PRIOR TO TUESDAY
Early action from the Kansas City Chiefs to bolster their injury-dinged offense and pass rush brought in Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins in exchange for a conditional fifth-round pick, and edge Josh Uche from the New England Patriots for a sixth-round pick 2026.
Hopkins caught two touchdown passes from Patrick Mahomes in Monday’s 30-24 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, helping the Chiefs improve to 8-0.
• Wide receiver Amari Cooper was traded from the Browns along with a sixth-round pick to the Bills for third- and sixth-round picks. The third-rounder is in the 2025 draft and the sixth-rounder is in 2026.