2025 NFL Trade Deadline: Fantasy football impact of major deals, including Jakobi Meyers to Jaguars and Rashid Shaheed to Seahawks

The 2025 NFL Trade Deadline is at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday and we've seen a handful of notable deals get done that will impact fantasy football. Yahoo analyst Matt Harmon is going to give his fantasy take for the rest of the season for all major trades prior to the deadline.

Jakobi Meyers traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars

Compensation: The Raiders get a 2026 fourth- and sixth-round pick.

We all assumed that the Jaguars' wide receiver room would be the strength of their revamped offense in Liam Coen's first season as the head coach. That never materialized and injuries have only made it more of an issue as the season has worn on.

Travis Hunter was placed on IR after a knee injury in practice stunted his season. This was right when he was set to be elevated to the No. 1 wide receiver role coming out of the team's bye week. Hunter will miss at least the next three weeks, and based on some of the comments Coen offered last week, I'm bracing for a more prolonged absence. Meanwhile, Brian Thomas Jr. has been one of the most disappointing players this season, both in fantasy football terms and how he's played in isolation, after a strong rookie campaign. Not only was he someone the team couldn't rely on in specific key areas, he's also now possibly facing a multi-week absence following a Week 9 ankle injury. Dyami Brown has not been a plus-player either and he's dealing with a concussion. The team needed another body and that's where Meyers comes in.

Meyers isn't a flashy receiver but he is reliable, both in terms of route running and catching the ball. The same could not be said for most of the other Jaguars' pass-catchers in 2025.

Travis Hunter is the only Jaguars WR who doesn't have a drop rate north of 10% this season. Brenton Strange is the only TE.

Drops aren't sticky, can be noisy, over-emphasized, etc. but there's no question this team has been bitten extra hard by them. https://t.co/gQcsDf9VAEpic.twitter.com/Y7jA8qsNwR

- Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) October 23, 2025

Meyers is a competent player at all three receiver positions and beats man coverage. His former wide receivers coach from the previous two seasons in Las Vegas holds that position for the Jaguars. That should allow him to step in and make an immediate impact.

The biggest variable from a fantasy standpoint will be who takes the most work from the slot between Meyers and Parker Washington, who had a breakout game last week. I've long had some affinity for Washington and he's now flashed for multiple coaching staffs. I don't think it's a coincidence that he had his best game of the season after taking 61.3% of his snaps on passing plays from the slot in Week 9. He had not crossed 50% in any other game this year and was under 40% in four games this season.

The key variable to uncover for Parker Washington with Jakobi Meyers now in the fold will be who takes more reps in the slot?

Explained with @justinboone on the show that it's not a coincidence that Washington had his best game this year after taking over the best role for him... pic.twitter.com/qEzTOik8VU

- Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) November 4, 2025

Obviously, the Jaguars were trying to get their best receiver, Hunter, activated as the F-receiver (a movable option) in Coen's offense, so that limited Washington's ability to line up in the slot, but that is his natural position. The good news is that Meyers is someone who can play outside, primarily as a flanker. He gets labeled as a slot-only option but has multiple seasons with a 70% success rate vs. man coverage in Reception Perception, and just had his best year with the Raiders last season while taking only 33% of his snaps inside.

If both Hunter and Thomas are out, Meyers has the skill set to step right in and run the critical intermediate in-breaking routes for this offense and emerge as a solid every-week fantasy option. Washington takes a bit of a step back with Meyers in town but is still on the playable radar if the top two guys are out. Overall, this definitely helps keep the Jacksonville offense from falling apart after injuries and volatility have rocked this position group.

Former team fallout: Meyers has been on his way out of town for some time now. He was the most likely player to get dealt at the deadline. Now that he's out of town, the Raiders will only double down on what we saw on Sunday, which is running the whole passing game through Brock Bowers. You can lock in 10 targets a game for the Raiders tight end.

Elsewhere, this team threw out of 11 personnel on a league-low 29% of their plays in Week 9. Michael Mayer should remain a mainstay in the offense, while Tre Tucker has some viability as a near-every-down vertical receiver. The Raiders should make Round 2 pick Jack Bech the immediate replacement for Meyers as the big slot/flanker receiver but they've bungled this room all season and just signed long-time Pete Carroll favorite, Tyler Lockett. The veteran receiver doesn't have much left to offer, so it should be Bech who gets the nod here but I don't have much faith in this staff to be forward-thinking.

Rashid Shaheed traded to the Seattle Seahawks

Compensation: The Saints get a 2026 fifth- and sixth-round pick.

If Meyers was the odds-on favorite as the most likely player to be traded before Tuesday's deadline, Rashid Shaheed was a close second. The now former Saints receiver is on the last year of his deal and this team is firmly in a rebuild. The Seahawks, on the other hand, can view themselves as an obvious contender with the parity in the NFL this season.

Projecting Shaheed in Seattle is a tricky endeavor, as the Seahawks rank 31st in 11-personnel rate overall and 29th in passing plays on the year. While they now have a ton of juice at wide receiver, it's also a little bit of a glut with Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Tory Horton, Shaheed and maybe Cooper Kupp, although I'm guessing Kupp is facing a multi-week injury absence after missing Week 9. Kupp also just hasn't been an impact receiver this year. While he has been important as a blocker and helps blend up their personnel groupings because of that ability, he has just one game over 60 yards receiving this season and four games under 35. This looks like a signal they want to get more out of their overall passing attack.

There is a chance Seattle expands its use of 11 personnel, because this team knows it needs to get better in pure dropback situations to win close big games. However, getting into heavy packages to get defenses to match them in base personnel to throw the ball is the reason this offense has been so dynamic. Adding Shaheed shows they will add some new wrinkles but the core of their identity won't change.

The one player who won't lose an ounce of volume, production, etc., is Smith-Njigba. He's the engine of the offense. The entire unit is built around him and his dominant play at the X-receiver position. We even saw that putting Horton in the starting lineup in Week 9 afforded this team more flexibility to be creative with the pre-snap alignment for JSN and get him into some juicy mismatches. Shaheed can have the same impact.

Here's where it's gonna be tough to put that Tory Horton game back in the box: Besides JSN, he is easily their best outside on-ball vertical receiver. He's a credible threat when lined up there and then you can move JSN to do fun stuff like this.

JSN has shown he needs 0.0 role... https://t.co/8BwbELsfbRpic.twitter.com/A7090EnVtw

- Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) November 3, 2025

Unfortunately for Horton truthers, and I am one of the biggest, Shaheed's arrival likely blocks him from having a true ascension to every-week starter status in fantasy football as one of the late-season breakout rookies. Last week was a great proof of concept that Horton has the talent to be a starting NFL receiver but he's going to have a tougher time pushing for a weekly 80% route participation role with Shaheed added to the mix. Remember that Shaheed has history with Seattle OC Klint Kubiak after playing with him in New Orleans last season. This should be an immediate transition for Shaheed, who is an excellent receiver. Shaheed is far more than just a deep threat; he can win at all three levels, especially on the key in-breaking routes this offense likes.

Rashid Shaheed's profile quietly hit the site last week, right before July 4th

I've always been a fan of his game and his #ReceptionPerception data brought that to life.
- 69.4% success rate vs man
- 74.4% success rate vs. press

Like his ability to win deep and over the... pic.twitter.com/9jf9MxXiLd

- Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) July 8, 2024

I'll still keep the light on for Horton to make some noise here, as he's a talented player who also brings a full-field skill set. His immediate breakout appeal just goes down. As for Shaheed, he was averaging 7.3 targets per game in the Saints' fast-paced offense, frequently in negative game scripts. Those conditions are quite the opposite in Seattle, so he could see a slight dip in overall targets. However, that can offset now that his vertical skills will be paired with a quarterback in Sam Darnold, who leads the NFL with 686 yards on throws of 20-plus yards this season. Overall, adding Shaheed is a big boost to the offensive ecosystem and one of the most efficient passing games in the NFL.

Former team fallout: The Saints are a pure rebuild, so this move made sense. It also leaves them with a gaping hole at WR2. Look for Devaughn Vele, whom the team traded a fourth-round pick for at the end of the summer, to get a bump into the starting lineup in a rotation with Brandin Cooks. He is an interesting deep sleeper because he fits Kellen Moore's offense and had a solid rookie season. However, for the most part, we should just expect a slight bump up in looks for Chris Olave and Juwan Johnson as this team plays out the string.

Sauce Gardner traded to the Indianapolis Colts

Compensation: The Jets get two first-round picks and WR Adonai Mitchell.

More to come.

Note: This story will be updated as more trades happen that impact fantasy football.