{"id":788561,"date":"2026-03-03T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/788561\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:00:17","slug":"tremaine-edmunds-generating-trade-interest-titans-raiders-giants-potential-suitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/788561\/","title":{"rendered":"Tremaine Edmunds Generating Trade Interest; Titans, Raiders, Giants Potential Suitors?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bears granted<\/a> linebacker Tremaine Edmunds<\/a> permission to seek a trade last week. It appears a deal has a realistic chance to come to fruition. Edmunds has \u201cstrong trade value,\u201d Jeremy Fowler of ESPN<\/a> reports. The Titans, Raiders and Giants all \u201clike\u201d the eight-year veteran, according to Fowler.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>[RELATED: Bears Offseason Outlook]<\/a><\/p>\n

Edmunds entered the NFL as the 16th overall pick of the Bills in 2018. As a 20-year-old rookie, Edmunds piled up 121 tackles, 12 passes defensed, two sacks, two forced fumbles and two interceptions over 15 games as a full-time starter. That was the first in a long line of productive seasons for Edmunds, who has started for his entire career.<\/p>\n

Now a two-time Pro Bowler, the 27-year-old Edmunds has exceeded 100 tackles in every one of his seasons. He has also notched 59 PDs, 14 picks and 8.5 sacks.<\/p>\n

Edmunds may be coming off his final season in Chicago, which took him from Buffalo on a four-year, $72MM offer<\/a> with $50MM guaranteed in March 2023. At the time, it was the largest four-year deal ever given to an off-ball linebacker. Edmunds stepped in for Roquan Smith<\/a>, whom the Bears traded to the Ravens<\/a> during the previous season.<\/p>\n

Aside from full campaigns in 2019 and \u201924, Edmunds has missed at least some time in every season. While Edmunds sat out a career-worst four games as a result of a groin injury in 2025, he still managed 112 tackles, nine PDs and four INTs. Pro Football Focus rated Edmunds 35th among 88 qualifying players at his position.<\/p>\n

Edmunds\u2019 loss would create a hole in the Bears\u2019 defense next to\u00a0T.J. Edwards<\/a>. Noah Sewell<\/a> is a potential in-house replacement, but D\u2019Marco Jackson<\/a> is a pending free agent.\u00a0Whether via trade or release, escaping the last season of Edmunds\u2019 contract would be favorable to Chicago\u2019s cap situation. As things stand, the Bears are approximately $6.48MM in the red. Getting rid of Edmunds before June 1 would free up $15MM at the cost of just $2.44MM in dead money. If Edmunds is off the Bears\u2019 roster by Day 5 of the league year, they\u2019ll avoid paying him a $1MM roster bonus.<\/p>\n

As for potential suitors, the Titans and Raiders rank top two in the league in spending space. Taking on Edmunds\u2019 money would not be a problem for either. The Giants are only around $2.78MM under the cap, on the other hand.<\/p>\n

Edmunds would already be the second significant offseason trade acquisition for the Titans, who sent<\/a> defensive tackle T\u2019Vondre Sweat<\/a> to the Jets for defensive end Jermaine Johnson<\/a> last week. Edmunds and Johnson would give recently hired head coach Robert Saleh two new defensive starters right off the bat.<\/p>\n

The Raiders are facing the departure of starting middle linebacker Elandon Roberts<\/a> to free agency. Fellow LBs Devin White<\/a> and Jamal Adams<\/a> are also on track to reach the open market. Meanwhile, the Giants may lose pending free agent Micah McFadden<\/a>, who suffered a season-ending foot injury in Week 1 last season. Bobby Okereke<\/a> has been a full-time starter for the Giants for three years, but he may end up a cap casualty<\/a> this offseason. If that happens, perhaps Edmunds will slide in as his replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bears granted linebacker Tremaine Edmunds permission to seek a trade last week. It appears a deal has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[391,7,393,56,6,394,7401],"class_list":{"0":"post-788561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-chicago-bears","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","11":"tag-new-york-giants","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-tennessee-titans","14":"tag-tremaine-edmunds"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116164193599837904","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}