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Now that the dam has broken on the trade market prior to the Nov. 1 deadline, and now that the have fired their head coach after just one win in five games, teams are expected to be dialing the 704 area code to see what players the Panthers may want to off-load.Teams have been sniffing around the Panthers in recent weeks, checking their pulse on the good, young players on the roster. I expect teams to place calls on , , and .That doesn't mean Carolina GM Scott Fitterer even has to listen, especially right now with another three weeks before the trade deadline. But a star running back  Larry Nance Jersey looking at another rebuilding team? A talented wide receiver early into his second contract? A Pro Bowl defensive end ready for his second deal? A Pro Bowl caliber defensive tackle finally hitting his groove in year three? Each one of those players  to some degree or another  is tantalizing to the majority of the NFL.What trades Carolina makes or doesn't make will indicate how it views its immediate future.  Daniel Jones didn't like it when the New York Giants let him know they wouldn't be picking up his fifth-year option in 2023, but the quarterback committed himself to making quicker decisions and making 2022 the best season of his career.Five games into the season with first-year head coach Brian Daboll, it's going according  Dennis Rodman Jersey to plan for Jones. And if it keeps up, the Giants may have to pay extra to keep him, which was a problem they hoped they'd have to face.Daniel Jones isn't the main reason the Giants are 4-1 right now, but his ability to protect the football plus the sort of grit needed at the position on a team lacking in overwhelming talent has done a lot to have them among the NFC's top teams.  Jones became just the fourth quarterback in history to mount a 14-point comeback against mighty , helping Big Blue outscore the Pack 24-5 to end the game Sunday in London.Jones has just two interceptions and one lost fumble through five games. He's C-level play from right tackle in Week 3 from being 5-0. He's enjoying the highest completion percentage (66.7) of his career, and his 230 rushing yards trail only and among quarterbacks.When the Giants declined Jones' fifth-year option over the summer, it meant they wouldn't lock into paying him more than $22 million Kobe Bryant Jersey  in 2023. They'd seen the and Panthers come to regret their decisions on the options with and , respectively, and clawing out of cap hell in 2022 didn't make much sense if you couldn't actually get out of it in 2023.  The flip side was the Giants would have to spend more to keep Jones in-house if his play demanded it this season. The franchise tag is projected to be around $31 million next year if the Giants wish to keep Jones but can't agree on a contract.You can project about half the NFC could reasonably have a different Week 1 starter from this year to next year, with another four or five AFC teams doing the same. Some of those teams would wait until the draft for players like Bryce Young and C.J. Stroud, but many would be looking for a veteran option. That would drive the price up on the open market for a player like Jones, who would fetch much more than the two-year, $14.285 million deal received from Pittsburgh last offseason.The Giants will also have a decision to make with running back , whose playing out his fifth-year option now and leads the league in rushing. They have the 2023 cap space, and they'll get more once they can unload 's contract via trade this month or outright release next offseason. Jamaal Wilkes Jersey   If having to pay a little extra means the quarterback play for the Giants elevated them to a postseason run in what was expected to be Brandon Ingram Jersey  a down year, I think they'll take that.In Sunday's lo s to the , the Cleveland Browns mi sed 11 tackles, had zero takeaways and allowed five plays of at least 20 yards.A few hours later, they had agreed to terms on a trade with Atlanta that brings to Cleveland.  The trade had been in the works for some time, and the teams swapped late-round picks in 2024 to get it done. Jones restructured his contract in the offseason to make him more tradable as things didn't work out under Arthur Smith's vision of the team. The placed him on injured reserve with a shoulder injury to begin the season, and that helped him heal as well as ensured he wouldn't further get hurt in pursuit of a trade partner.The Browns, as a whole, have been up and down this season. The defense has struggled with tackling  the 11 mi sed tackles are second-most through five games with the 13 mi ses against Pittsburgh as tops and their 5.3 yards allowed per carry is third-worst in the league. Even though the offense is putting up top-6 numbers in points and yards, consecutive late-game interceptions from have helped them lose the last Corey Brewer Jersey  two ball games.Cleveland has lost three games by a combined six points, but the Browns have only a plus-8 margin in points versus opponents.  The Browns hope Jones fits in better with their defensive scheme that has elements of the Dan Quinn scheme Jones once thrived in.Browns quarterback is back in Cleveland's facilities after being barred from there the first month-plus of the season. Watson's suspension began at 4 p.m. Aug. 30, and he wasn't allowed to return to the facility or interact with teammates and coaches until today, following the conclusion of the fourth game of the year.Watson has remained in the Cleveland area working with personal coach Quincy Avery. He can't practice with the team until Nov. 14. He isn't eligible to play in a game until  Los Angeles Lakers Jersey Dec. 4.  In August, Watson reached a settlement with the NFL after multiple ma sage therapists accused him of sexual misconduct. Watson was never criminally charged and has claimed his innocence. The NFL suspended him for 11 games, fined him $5 million and required behavioral treatment with profe sional clinicians before he could return from suspension.Is there anyone in the NFL with a more enviable mindset than quarterback Jalen Hurts? There are guys who get it, and then there are guys who really get it. That's Hurts.After a teammate reveled in the Eagles' unblemished record in the locker room Sunday, Hurts went to the podium with a me sage.  "I hate hearing 5-0. I don't like to hear it because nobody wanted to mention the record when we were 2-5. Nobody wanted to talk about that, so I Wilt Chamberlain Jersey  don't want to hear it now," Hurts said. "I want to hear that we can come in here and control the things we can take every day and grow and climb. What matters is the proce s, not anything else."This came just days after Hurts talked for nearly 9 minutes during his weekly pre s conference without fielding one question about the defense."I will say this, too. I didn't get any questions about the Cardinals. For real, this game, I don't want y'all thinking," Hurts said as he rose from the microphone. "This is a really good team we're about to play. They have a really good defense  disruptive up front. They have speed on the backend. So, let's not set the pre