Will the NFL push back its trade deadline for the 2024 season? At least one team has a proposal for the league that would shake up the schedule.
Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry told reporters that he wants the league to consider pushing the trade deadline to a later date.
As of now, the NFL’s trade deadline falls on the Tuesday after Week 8. That’s not enough time for every team to properly determine whether or not it’s a buyer or seller.
“We want to retroactively correct the fact that the trade deadline never moved when the season expanded to 17 games,” Berry explained. “If, at some point in the future, the regular season expands to 18 games, we want to be proactive in terms of the positioning for the trade deadline.”
Other sports leagues have their trade deadlines set well past the midway point of the season. The NFL could close the gap by pushing its deadline back.
“Baseball and basketball have their trade deadlines at 65 percent of games played. Hockey’s at 78 percent. Currently we’re at 45 percent,” Berry continued. “Our proposal would move it to about 55 percent of games played. And by the way, over the last 10 years, the earliest a team has been eliminated from postseason consideration has been Week 11.”
The NFL would generate more attention by moving its trade deadline back, which is always a good thing.
We can’t wait to see how the NFL handles this proposal from the Browns.