Not many players are truly untradeable

In recent days (including today), reports have emerged that certain players will not be traded. That definitely does not mean they’re untradeable.

It means only that the team has yet to get an offer it will accept. The mere process of working the insiders to send that message could give the process one final goosing.

Regardless, not many players are truly untradeable. For all but a handful of players, there’s an offer that his current team would accept.

The only players who currently wouldn’t be traded, in our view, are Bills quarterback Josh Allen, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence, and probably 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy.

Any other can be had, at the right offer (up to and including three first-round picks plus more). By now, teams know whether the right offer will be made. Which makes it easy for them to throw out their chests and say the player won’t be traded.

And to reverse course if an offer they can’t refuse is made before 4:00 p.m. ET today.