It’s Week 8 in the NFL and the next big event on the league calendar — the trade deadline — is just around the corner on Nov. 4.

This is the second year for an early November deadline, to give teams one additional week to determine whether they might be playoff contenders before a potential roster shake-up. Nineteen players changed teams ahead of last year’s deadline, and the market has already been active in 2025. The biggest move came early, when the Dallas Cowboys traded star pass rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers just ahead of Week 1.

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So who else might be buyers or sellers at the deadline? And which teams should probably just stand pat? The Athletic’s NFL writers weigh in on all 32 teams.

Arizona Cardinals: Stand pat

The Cardinals are in a tailspin, losers of five in a row. At 2-5, they are tied with the Giants for the second-worst record among NFC teams, behind the one-win Saints. They’ve had a chance to win all seven games, but that’s false hope. The organization really has one decision, and it involves Kyler Murray. With the quarterback sidelined the past two games with a foot injury, Jacoby Brissett has started and the offense has looked better than it has all season. Fans want Brissett to keep the job. That Arizona lost both games with Brissett shows how much trust fans have lost in Murray, who is under contract through 2028. Any decision on roster improvement should be put on hold until the organization decides what it wants to do with Murray. — Doug Haller

Atlanta Falcons: Stand pat

The Falcons could have convinced themselves to be buyers if they had won Sunday night in San Francisco, and they could really use wide receiver help, considering Darnell Mooney’s injury-hampered season and Tuesday’s release of Ray-Ray McCloud. However, this team is too inconsistent to give away any more future assets on what at this point is a blind hope that it will figure things out. Remember, the Falcons already are without their 2026 first-round pick because of the James Pearce Jr. trade. — Josh Kendall

Baltimore Ravens: Buyers (for now)

Despite being 1-5, the Ravens insist they can get back in the playoff mix, and general manager Eric DeCosta is typically aggressive when it comes to making deals. He already shipped out edge rusher Odafe Oweh to the Chargers for safety Alohi Gilman and a 2026 draft pick. That deal created $7 million in salary-cap space, which will allow DeCosta to make other moves. If the Ravens lose either of the next two games, they could become sellers real quick. For now, though, they’re in the edge rusher and interior defensive lineman market and they would probably be intrigued by a quality interior offensive lineman, too. — Jeff Zrebiec

If the Bills are buyers at the trade deadline, would Saints wide receiver Chris Olave be an option for them? (Stephen Lew / Imagn Images)

Buffalo Bills: Buyers

You hear about quarterbacks throwing a receiver open. Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler on Sunday might’ve thrown Chris Olave onto another roster. The Bills gladly would find a locker stall for him. Raiders receiver Jakobi Meyers would be another popular addition. General manager Brandon Beane is a wheeler-dealer, acquiring five-time Pro Bowl receiver Amari Cooper last year under similar pressure to provide Josh Allen a difference-making boundary target. Separation abilities have returned as a substantial concern. Buffalo also needs secondary help, most glaringly at safety, where Taylor Rapp and Cole Bishop have disappointed