Winners and Losers as Packers’ Long NFL Trade Deadline Streak Continues

First reported by EssentiallySports at Tue 3:04 PM · 8 outlets in all

1. Yahoo Sports3h2026 NFL Trade Deadline Winners and Losers: Jaguars Go All In, Chargers and Steelers Fall ShortThe Jacksonville Jaguars entered the 2026 NFL trade deadline as one of the league’s best teams. They left it looking even more like a legitimate Super Bowl contender.
2. The Athletic(subscription required)8hNFL trade deadline winners, losers: Vikings find QB, Jags go all-in, Jonathan Taylor strandedCousins makes Minnesota legitimate contenders, while the Colts traded away all of their best players — except for their star running back.
3. Guardian12hNFL trade deadline winners and losers: Vikings go full dadcore with Kirk Cousins in Super Bowl questTeams with championship aspirations tooled up at the deadline. Most, but not all of them, have improved their chancesAfter what happened Monday night, the Minnesota Vikings had to do this. In a dispiriting loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Vikings saw their tremendous defense go to waste, as Carson Wentz completed eight of 25 passes for 81 yards, no touchdowns, two interceptions and a passer rating of 8.9. It was one of the worst quarterback performances in recent history, and it continued a run of recent QB futility for the Vikings, from JJ McCarthy to Kyler Murray to Wentz. Vikings defensive…
4. Sports Illustrated20hWinners and Losers as Packers’ Long NFL Trade Deadline Streak ContinuesThe Green Bay Packers did not make a trade at the deadline while some of their rivals got stronger.
5. Fox News23hNFL trade deadline winners and losers, including Dianna Russini and Kirk CousinsKirk Cousins gives the Minnesota Vikings a major QB upgrade as the Los Angeles Chargers bizarrely held on to veterans with expiring contracts.
6. CBS Sports23hNFL trade deadline winners and losers: Kirk Cousins heads home, Bengals seemingly fail to understand the rulesKirk Cousins heads back to Minnesota, the Jaguars go all-in for a championship run and a front-office blunder leaves Cincinnati red-faced
7. ESPN23hWinners, losers of the NFL trade deadline: Chiefs get a WR, Vikings get a QB, Chargers stay quietWhich teams made the best -- and worst -- moves before the NFL trade deadline? We're making sense of all the action.
8. EssentiallySports24hWinners and Losers From the NFL Trade Deadline: Kirk Cousins & Josh Downs Should Thrive in Their New HomesThe NFL trade deadline has come and gone. There were a ton of big trades made in the weeks leading up to the deadline, but we still got some last-minute action with the most notable move being Minnesota sending a third rounder to Las Vegas in exchange for Kirk Cousins. Was this deadline as entertaining as