The 2025 NFL trade deadline has come and gone. Here are winners and losers, including the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys.

The Indianapolis Colts are all in on their 2025 squad that currently sits atop the AFC standings with a 7-2 record through the first nine weeks of the season. Running back Jonathan Taylor is the NFL's top rusher, and quarterback Daniel Jones is playing at a Pro Bowl-caliber level, which no one could have foreseen before the season kicked off.

Well, things escalated quickly. Which teams made the best -- and worst -- moves before the NFL trade deadline? We're making sense of all the action.

They are simply a reflection of what our model says are the best teams in the NFL right now and how they should be expected to perform moving forward. Disagree with the order? Let us know in the comments or on social media.

N ow that the 2025 NFL trade deadline has come and gone, every deal will shape the playoff chase or accelerate a rebuild. Movement really began in early October, nearly a month before the deadline, when the Cleveland Browns sent Joe Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals in a rare in-division trade as part of Cincinnati's effort to stabilize their quarterback room,