{"id":435388,"date":"2026-01-27T00:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/435388\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T00:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:57:10","slug":"updated-trade-value-for-nfl-stars-after-2026-nfl-draft-declaration-deadline-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/435388\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Trade Value for NFL Stars After 2026 NFL Draft Declaration Deadline Passes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Projected Trade Value: 2026 4th-Round pick<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">With top defensive line prospects like Washington and Uiagalelei headed back to college, a veteran defensive lineman like Daron Payne might have an increased market in 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Washington Commanders, meanwhile, may be eager to move the 28-year-old standout defensive tackle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Washington needs to regroup after regressing in 2025, and it needs to overhaul a defense that ranked dead-last in yards allowed and 27th in points allowed. Moving Payne could help the Commanders find the cap space needed to do it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The final year of Payne&#8217;s contract is set to include a cap hit of <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/25108\/daron-payne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">$28 million<\/a>. Trading him would save $16.8 million in cap space. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Payne, who logged three sacks, seven tackles for loss, and 46 combined tackles in 2025, is a high-level starter who should draw plenty of interest and bring Washington a solid return in a trade. A team desperate for defensive help, like the Cincinnati Bengals, should be willing to make a strong offer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Cincinnati has now missed the playoffs in back-to-back seasons largely because of its terrible defense. Last season, the Bengals ranked 31st in yards per carry allowed and 32nd in rushing yards allowed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">If the Bengals hope to stop wasting Joe Burrow&#8217;s prime years and return to the playoffs in 2026, adding a front-line defender like Payne would be a good first step. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Top Landing Spot: Cincinnati Bengals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Projected Trade Value: 2026 4th-Round pick With top defensive line prospects like Washington and Uiagalelei headed back to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-435388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}