Broncos Linked to Potential Trade for Proven Playmaker Before Deadline
The Denver Broncos are a team that others around the league are keeping close tabs on as the 2025 trade deadline approaches, and they could be a prime landing spot for another weapon to help Bo Nix in the passing game.
Nix set various records and snapped the Broncos’ playoff drought that had stood since 2015 as a rookie in 2024.
He is off to a fine start, but adding another option could do wonders for the offense.
Broncos Expected to Pursue WR Trade
GettyCourtland Sutton #14 of the Denver Broncos celebrates scoring a touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Through seven games, Nix has completed 62.5% of his passes for 1,556 yards, 11 touchdowns, and 4 interceptions, with 2019 Pro Bowler Courtland Sutton as his only proven wide receiver.
CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones reported the Broncos could be the top team looking for wideouts.
“Perhaps the biggest contender for a receiver is not the Steelers but instead the Broncos. Courtland Sutton is 30-years-old and just signed a four-year extension with an out after next season. Denver has all of its picks through the fifth round and added a fourth from the Saints in the preseason,” Jones wrote on October 23.
“The Broncos are 5-2 with a top-ranked defense and a quarterback on his rookie deal for at least another season. Folks around the league are watching the Broncos to see how aggressive they may be.”
The Broncos rank 17th in scoring offense and 11th overall. They are also 15th in passing yards and passing touchdowns, and 22nd in net passing yards per attempt.
Marvin Mims, Troy Franklin, and Pat Bryant all have two years of experience or less.
Broncos Trade Pitch Lands Saints WR Chris Olave
Jones previously reported on some other situations around the league that could appeal to the Broncos before the deadline. Chris Olave’s status with the New Orleans Saints is among them.
Olave, the No. 11 overall pick of the 2022, is in the final year of a four-year, $19.3 million contract. However, he is under team control through 2026, with the Saints picking up his $15.5 million fifth-year option. That is part of his appeal, per Jones.
This Heavy Sports Broncos trade pitch would send draft capital to the Saints for Olave.
Broncos get:
- Chris Olave
Saints get:
- 2026 second-round draft pick
- 2026 fourth-round draft pick (via NO)
“There had been talk early in the season that the Saints were working to extend Chris Olave, but sources have wondered if the absence of an extension a third of the way through the season means he can be moved,” Jones wrote on October 20.
“Olave has a long injury history, but being under contract next year makes him an attractive trade target for teams who want to add a receiver.”
Olave (44 receptions, 440 yards, and 3 touchdowns in 2025) has a 235-3005-13 career line.
Clock Ticking on Broncos
GettyDenver Broncos head coach Sean Payton looks on before a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Broncos have $5.2 million in cap space, per Over The Cap. They should be able to work in the remainder of Olave’s $6.1 million cap hit, while OTC projects the Broncos will have $49.5 million in 2026.
The 2025 NFL trade deadline is on November 4 at 4 p.m. ET, after the Broncos play the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans in Weeks 8 and 9, respectively.
Whether for Olave or another option, the Broncos could be players at the trade deadline.
Giants might’ve just hilariously exposed what’s behind the kicking mess
Practice makes perfect — or at least, it’s supposed to. But for the New York Giants, that might not be the case. In what felt like an accidental admission, special teams coordinator Michael Ghobrial may have just revealed why Big Blue’s kicking issues won’t go away.
The G-Men have looked cursed when it comes to kicking the football. Botched roster decisions, last-minute injury swaps, and poorly timed misses have become the norm for a Giants team that can’t seem to shake the ghosts from this part of the operation. It’s been horrifically frustrating — and on Thursday, we may have gotten a glimpse as to why.
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Speaking with reporters on Thursday, Ghobrial peeled back the curtain on the weekly routine for the kickers. When asked how many field goals they attempt during a practice week, he offered an answer that was surprising — or maybe not, depending on how long you’ve been watching this team:
"Traditionally, kickers kick two times a week. In that, whether they kick a Wednesday, Thursday, or whether they kick a Wednesday, Friday, you're usually aiming to have anywhere between 20 to 45 balls."
Michael Ghobrial
Uhh... that's it?
Giants’ special teams struggles traced back to baffling practice habits
You might be surprised to hear that I’m not the special teams coordinator for an NFL franchise, but even I could tell you that feels low — like, really low. That’s anywhere between 40–90 kicks per week.
Now it’s all starting to make sense why this organization can’t figure out how to put the ball through the uprights on Sundays.
- 2023: The Giants let an injured Graham Gano play through a groin issue in a 13-10 overtime loss to the Jets, where he missed two critical field goals. It cost them the game and should’ve been a red flag moment for the front office.
- 2024: Despite Gano landing on the injury report again before Week 2, the team didn’t elevate a backup. He aggravated his groin on the opening kickoff, leaving punter Jamie Gillan to kick extra points. He missed his first PAT badly, forcing two-point attempts the rest of the way in a 21-18 loss. Three extra point makes would've at least sent the game to overtime.
- 2025: After finally placing Gano on IR, the G-Men signed veteran Younghoe Koo to the practice squad but kept second-year Irishman Jude McAtamney on the active roster. He missed three PATs in two games, and the team dropped yet another one-point game.
New season, same nightmare.
Even if 40–90 kicks is “normal,” shouldn’t this team be doing more to counter the ongoing issues? If practice really does make perfect, maybe the answer isn’t fewer reps — it’s the right ones. Just spitballing here.
The Giants released McAtamney, only to re-sign him to the practice squad the next morning. Koo is still with him, waiting for another shot to kick in the big leagues. The team officially opened Gano’s 21-day practice window on Wednesday, hinting at a return for their Week 8 matchup in Philadelphia.
For a unit that’s lost games on the margins, this stuff shouldn’t still be happening. But at least now fans finally understand why no lead ever feels safe — the kickers haven’t been getting enough practice reps to keep it that way.
