Winners, Losers for Packers at NFL Trade Deadline

Another NFL trade deadline has come and gone with the Green Bay Packers not adding a veteran player. Not only was general manager Brian Gutekunst not a buyer at the deadline, he wasn’t a seller, as was the case in 2023 (Rasul Douglas to the Bills) and 2024 (Preston Smith to the Steelers).

Here are Green Bay’s winners and losers from Tuesday.

Winner: NFC North Title Hopes

The only trade made by a division team was the Chicago Bears, who landed edge rusher Joe Tryon-Shoyinka from the Browns in a late-round pick swap.

A first-round pick by the Buccaneers in 2021, he had 15 sacks and 21 tackles for losses in four seasons in Tampa Bay. With the Browns this season, he’s played 31 defensive snaps. So, he should not move the needle as the surging Bears try to chase down the Packers.

The NFC North race is impossibly tight, with Green Bay in first place at 5-2-1, the Detroit Lions and Bears at 5-3 and the Minnesota Vikings bringing up the rear at 4-4. It’s the only division in which every team is at .500 or better.

The Packers didn’t get any better, but they didn’t lose any ground, either.