NFL Teams Reportedly Not Eyeing Many Trades Up in 2025 Draft amid Rumors

Don't expect to see a flurry of movement in the 2025 NFL draft.

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport on Thursday piggybacked on comments made by Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht and said there are "not a lot of teams trying to move up."

One obvious read is that this simply isn't a great quarterback class.

Miami's Cam Ward is the top-ranked QB on Bleacher Report's 2025 big board but sits ninth overall. Colorado's Shedeur Sanders (No. 18) is the only other signal-caller to make the top 50.

Back in January, The Athletic's Jeff Howe cited "several executives and coaches" who said Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy would vault ahead of both Ward and Sanders if he had been in this year's draft.

Compounding matters, the Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns and New York Giants all need a quarterback. For teams that are eyeing Ward and/or Sanders, it will probably take a lot—more than it's worth—to get any of the three to move out of their current slot.

Another broad narrative with the 2025 draft is that the elite prospect talent simply isn't there.

"There are four, maybe five, blue-chip players," one NFL general manager said to ESPN's Matt Miller. "After that, it's 40 guys with a late-first-round or second-round grade."

There are always players in the draft who wind up far exceeding expectations, leaving fans to wonder why they fell to the latter stage of the first round or out of Day 1 entirely.

But there are only six prospects on B/R's big board who received an overall grade of 8.5 or higher, which is the cutoff for unquestioned first-rounders: Colorado cornerback Travis Hunter, Penn State edge-rusher Abdul Carter, Michigan defensive lineman Mason Graham, Georgia safety Malaki Starks, Michigan cornerback Will Johnson and Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan.

There will inevitably be some draft-day trades by GMs who are prepared to move up a few spots to land a preferred target. But the ship may have sailed on a blockbuster deal that significantly shakes up the landscape.