# Mike Moraitis: Surveying defensive tackle options for the Bears after DeForest Buckner was traded to San Francisco, Moraitis suggests Washington will sell at the deadline and move Daron Payne, and that a selling Tampa Bay could trade Vita Vea. **Claimed:** Oct 27, 2026 **Pundit:** Mike Moraitis — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/mike-moraitis **Outlet:** Sports Illustrated — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/sports-illustrated **How it reached us:** published in writing **Original:** https://www.si.com/nfl/bears/onsi/49ers-trade-deforest-buckner-bears-dt-options-trade-market 2 checkable claims — 2 trade and signing calls — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call. It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record. None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in. > Sitting at 1-4-1, the Washington Commanders are on the road to nowhere, so it's very possible they'll be sellers at the deadline and Payne is a clear trade candidate, as he's on the final year of his contract. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Daron Payne to move — “a clear trade candidate at the deadline”** - Kind: Trade and Signing Calls · About: Daron Payne - Verdict: not settled yet - **Vita Vea to move — “could be on the move”** - Kind: Trade and Signing Calls · About: Vita Vea - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Daron Payne — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/daron-payne - Vita Vea — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/vita-vea ## What others said about the same people - David Harrison on Daron Payne: Harrison gives their initial 53-man roster projection for the Washington Commanders: three quarterbacks including Ethan Kalyak Manus, three running backs, four tight ends, six receivers (leaving off De'Ami Brown and Jaden Bradley), nine offensive linemen with Matt Goldman at center, and a defense of six linebackers but only four cornerbacks. They also project Tunstall and Newton going to IR on Monday with De'Ami Brown and Dietrich Wise re-signed, plus a corner-heavy practice squad. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1d5b2565-5531-47ac-bff8-ccb9b23a980a (scored 100) - David Harrison on Daron Payne: Harrison projects the Washington Commanders' initial 53-man roster if it had to be set today, naming 26 offensive players, three specialists and 24 defenders, and also assigns depth-chart slots at quarterback, running back, the offensive line, the interior defensive line, and the return/specialist jobs. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2e2254ee-daf7-4f82-81d4-2bc73e1b7291 (scored 100) - Philip Hughes on Daron Payne: Hughes projects Washington's initial 53-man roster ahead of the final preseason game, naming every player they expect to make the team by position group, and slots Athan Kaliakmanis as the No. 3 quarterback behind Jayden Daniels and Marcus Mariota. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4ec7adba-dd12-4caf-9bb1-f1a343cee65a (scored 100) - Jordan Dajani on Daron Payne: Dajani identifies 25 players they believe could be dealt before the 2026 NFL trade deadline, sorting them into tiers of impact starters, discount playmakers and sneaky rentals. No destination clubs are named for any of them. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5ae56bb8-cf2b-4715-a20e-9d5a76fa5c5c (not settled) - Zachary Pereles on Daron Payne: Playing trade-deadline matchmaker, they pair nine contenders with specific trade targets: Jonathan Taylor to Minnesota, Saquon Barkley to Cincinnati, Jeffery Simmons to Buffalo, Adonai Mitchell to Kansas City, DeForest Buckner to Green Bay, Tariq Woolen to Detroit, Khalil Mack to Chicago, Daron Payne to San Francisco and Kevin Zeitler to New England. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2b165f95-ccb9-4c5e-9a1c-d8f26372902c (not settled) - Parker Hurley on Vita Vea: Hurley names five defensive linemen as realistic trade targets the 49ers could acquire before the NFL trade deadline: Daron Payne, Zach Sieler, Vita Vea, A'Shawn Robinson and DeForest Buckner. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/eea72f62-1f08-46c3-88a2-49fba157d5e1 (not settled) ## More trade and signing calls The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Chris Clark on Nikko Remigio: Clark expects the Chiefs to bring back exclusive-rights receiver Nico (Remigio) and long snapper James Winchester, to re-sign JuJu Smith-Schuster as a cheap veteran fifth receiver, and not to bring back Hollywood Brown, Josh Dobbs-type depth, Gardner Minshew, Janarius Robinson or Mike Caliendo; they also say the Chiefs will not use a franchise tag and believes Bryan Cook won't return. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/99521265-d5c0-4db1-b2a0-fe77908ea0b3 (scored 0) - Nate Gosney on Daiyan Henley: After the Broncos rescinded the trade, Gosney expects Daiyan Henley to remain with the Chargers for the rest of the 2026 season, but believes the awkward fallout has effectively killed any chance of them signing a new contract with Los Angeles after the season. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/60272861-4ad0-4749-b36a-dcdf09b9213f (scored 0) - Logan Lazarczyk on Kirk Cousins: Ahead of the trade deadline, they float three Raiders moves: shipping Kirk Cousins to Minnesota if the Vikings offer a second-round pick, selling Maxx Crosby to Dallas for a first-rounder plus, and acquiring Jaguars receiver Brian Thomas Jr. for a second- or third-round pick. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/d0fd408a-7dcd-4e50-ac62-6b4510a8a800 (scored 100) - Logan Lazarczyk on Kirk Cousins: Lazarczyk expects the Raiders to be sellers before the trade deadline, suggesting Kirk Cousins could be dealt back to the Vikings and that benched interior lineman Jackson Powers-Johnson is a prime candidate to be traded somewhere. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/fda03952-2ea6-4919-8114-0ebb127478d1 (scored 100) - Patricia Traina on J.J. McCarthy: Traina expects defensive tackle to be a top need for the Giants in next year's draft, and suggests the Giants could trade J.J. McCarthy next offseason — or keep both them and Jaxson Dart if the return isn't good enough. They also expect Dart to make a full recovery. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/b638ed13-01ca-4ea6-9384-ec7130f912c1 (scored 100) - Michael David Smith on Keenan Allen: Smith suggests the Colts are likely to grant Josh Downs' trade request given their contract situation and their recent sell-off, and that they could also try to trade Keenan Allen. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/52d7108f-f754-44e8-9bf3-cc3336b4e5f7 (scored 100) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. The naive guess is what a strategy requiring no knowledge would have scored on the same call — the difference is the skill, and it is what the MissedTakes Score averages. 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