The first wave of free agency and the draft are gone, but NFL teams are always looking at ways to get better. Sometimes, that includes acquiring veterans to address needs or trying to elevate the team’s ceiling. Other times, it’s just acquiring more draft capital for the future and clearing up some cap space.

When teams from these two sections get together, there are frequently good opportunities for deals. So, let’s discuss some post-draft trade candidates ahead of OTAs and training camp.

QB Anthony Richardson, Indianapolis Colts

Richardson officially requested a trade from the Colts, and the team was willing to fulfill his wish. However, the former top 5 pick hasn’t generated much interest in the market.

“We’ve had some calls, but nothing’s come to fruition at this time,” Colts GM Chris Ballard said. “So at this point he’s still an Indianapolis Colt.”

Richardson was a part of the team’s voluntary offseason program, but a viable offer can still get him elsewhere ahead of the regular season.

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QB Spencer Rattler, New Orleans Saints

This is a lowkey intriguing debate, because Rattler showed some traits of a starting-caliber quarterback, but not enough consistency to keep the job. So the Saints moved to Tyler Shough, who also had some positive signs — not necessarily definitive ones, though. A good offer could entice the Saints to trade Rattler away and establish Shough as the only long-term alternative, but the Saints don’t have reasons to give up on the former fifth-round pick for nothing.

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WR AJ Brown, Philadelphia Eagles

Brown is the most obvious trade candidate on this list, and the indications are that his move to the New England Patriots will materialize next month. The only factor holding the trade back is that the Eagles can only move on from Brown after June 1 for salary cap reasons. This offseason, the Eagles added Dontayvion Wicks, Marquise Brown, and first-round pick Makai Lemon to the wide receiver room.

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WR Brandon Aiyuk, San Francisco 49ers

This is one of the weirdest situations in football. Aiyuk essentially moved on from the 49ers by himself during the recovery process from a serious knee injury suffered in 2024. The team was able to void his guarantees, but there’s not a real deadline to trade him. Aiyuk is slated to make $27 million in 2026, $28.124 million in 2027, and $30 million in 2028, but the 49ers can hold his pay while he’s away from the team.

General manager John Lynch has consistently said that Aiyuk has likely played his last down as a Niner, but the team wants some type of compensation to move him. There might be interest in the market for him, and there are frequent rumors about the Washington Commanders, and the 49ers are not willing to release him at this point.

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WR Keon Coleman, Buffalo Bills

The Bills are over Coleman, their former second-round pick, after a turbulent 2025 season that included inactivating him for several games due to off-field conduct. Buffalo traded for DJ Moore and drafted Skyler Bell with the idea of reinforcing Josh Allen’s supporting cast. A 6-4, 215-pound wide receiver, Coleman is still a capable NFL player — he’s had 960 yards and eight touchdowns in two years for the Bills. The problem for any acquiring team, though, would be the same: Getting Coleman to fully buy in.

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EDGE Kayvon Thibodeaux, New York Giants

The Giants seem to be pretty comfortable with having too many edge defender options. The roster has Abdul Carter, Brian Burns, and top 5 pick Arvell Reese who can play both edge and off-ball linebacker spots. Therefore, they don’t have to trade Thibodeaux. The problem is the 2022 first-round pick is now in his fifth-year option, making $14.751 million and set to hit free agency next offseason. Playing him for just this year and losing him later is likely a bad process in the Giants’ circumstances, so they either should extend or trade him at this point.