The Bengals need to suck it up, break the norm and make a damn trade

[George Cantstandya]

(10-01-2024, 08:40 PM)Au165 Wrote: Which is why trades don’t happen as a league right now. No one wants to tell their team and fan base they are sellers as everyone is mathematically still in it. If we can survive a few more weeks we could be buyers but it’s wishful thinking for folks that think a team is making a trade at this point for basically any fan base. The only caveat to this would be a disgruntled player like a Reddick or Davante Adam’s type situation. 

We are getting into one of the biggest trade months of the year as the trade deadline is Nov. 5th.  So there will probably be some action after the next few weeks or so.  Last October 2023 was a heavy trade year with 15 trades.   The recent years prior were around 7-8 trades but some notable ones like McCaffrey in 2022.

But historically in October trades over the last few years the Bengals in 2020 got B.J. Finney and a 2021 7th round pick from the Seahawks in exchange for Dunlap.  Finney's only appearance with the Bengals was on November 15, 2020 against the Steelers.

Also that looks like the only October trade the Bengals have made since 2011 when they traded Palmer to the Raiders.