The Best Players To Change Teams In 2018

by Chase Stuart on May 6, 2019

Who were the best players to change teams last season? The Oakland Raiders lost three of them, with varying degrees of fanfare. Oakland traded Khalil Mack to the Bears, and the outside linebacker wound up having a dominant season in Chicago. Mack was drafted with the 5th overall pick by Oakland in 2014; at the end of the draft, the Raiders signed Denico Autry as an undrafted free agent. He had a good four-year run in Oakland, and then signed a three-year, $17.8M contract with the Colts after the 2017 season. As it turned out, 2018 was Autry’s breakout year, putting together 9 sacks in 12 games.

And then, in the middle of the season, Oakland traded Amari Cooper to the Cowboys, and the wide receiver played like a superstar during his 9-game run in Dallas.

The table below shows all players who switched teams in 2018 who produced at least 5 points of AV last year.

Player	Pos	2017 Tm	2018 Tm	Age	G	AV
Khalil Mack	OLB	OAK	CHI	27	14	17
Denico Autry	DE	OAK	IND	28	12	13
Brandin Cooks	WR	NWE	LAR	25	16	13
Kirk Cousins	QB	WAS	MIN	30	16	12
Trent Brown	OT	SFO	NWE	25	16	10
Mike Pouncey	OL	MIA	LAC	29	16	10
Avery Williamson	ILB	TEN	NYJ	26	16	9
Nate Solder	T	NWE	NYG	30	16	9
Case Keenum	QB	MIN	DEN	30	16	9
Bobby Hart	OG	NYG	CIN	24	16	9
Jason Pierre-Paul	DE	NYG	TAM	29	16	8
Ryan Jensen	T	BAL	TAM	27	16	8
Alec Ogletree	OLB	LAR	NYG	27	13	8
Demario Davis	OLB	NYJ	NOR	29	16	8
Sheldon Richardson	DT	SEA	MIN	28	16	8
Chris Hubbard	G	PIT	CLE	27	16	8
Chris Clark	T	HOU	CAR	33	15	8
Josh Gordon	WR	CLE	NWE	27	11	7
Adrian Peterson	RB	2TM	WAS	33	16	7
Michael Person	OL	IND	SFO	30	16	7
J.R. Sweezy	G	TAM	SEA	29	15	7
Barkevious Mingo	OLB	IND	SEA	28	16	7
Jonathan Bostic	LB	IND	PIT	27	16	7
Tahir Whitehead	OLB	DET	OAK	28	16	7
Robert Quinn	DE	LAR	MIA	28	16	7
Akeem Spence	DT	DET	MIA	27	16	7
Ndamukong Suh	DT	MIA	LAR	31	16	7
Eric Ebron	TE	DET	IND	25	16	7
Tyrann Mathieu	CB	ARI	HOU	26	16	7
Devon Kennard	OLB	NYG	DET	27	15	7
Romeo Okwara	DE	NYG	DET	23	15	7
Christian Jones	ILB	CHI	DET	27	16	7
Antwaun Woods	NT	TEN	DAL	25	15	7
Jarvis Landry	WR	MIA	CLE	26	16	7
Cordy Glenn	T	BUF	CIN	29	13	7
Allen Robinson	WR	JAX	CHI	25	13	7
Taylor Gabriel	WR	ATL	CHI	27	16	7
Star Lotulelei	DT	CAR	BUF	29	16	7
Damon Harrison	DT	NYG	DET	30	10	6
Amari Cooper	WR	OAK	DAL	24	9	6
Alex Smith	QB	KAN	WAS	34	10	6
Malcolm Butler	CB	NWE	TEN	28	16	6
Dion Lewis	RB	NWE	TEN	28	16	6
Kenny Vaccaro	FS	NOR	TEN	27	13	6
Weston Richburg	C	NYG	SFO	27	15	6
Shamar Stephen	DT	MIN	SEA	27	15	6
Michael Bennett	DE	SEA	PHI	33	16	6
Johnathan Hankins	DT	IND	OAK	26	15	6
Frostee Rucker	DE	ARI	OAK	35	15	6
Curtis Riley	CB	TEN	NYG	26	16	6
Tom Compton	T	CHI	MIN	29	14	6
Marcus Peters	CB	KAN	LAR	25	16	6
Sammy Watkins	WR	LAR	KAN	25	10	6
Anthony Hitchens	OLB	DAL	KAN	26	15	6
Senio Kelemete	T	NOR	HOU	28	15	6
Zach Fulton	OG	KAN	HOU	27	13	6
Tramon Williams	DB	ARI	GNB	35	16	6
Ricky Jean-Francois	DT	2TM	DET	32	16	6
Jared Veldheer	T	ARI	DEN	31	12	6
Damarious Randall	FS	GNB	CLE	26	15	6
Dontari Poe	DT	ATL	CAR	28	16	6
Trent Murphy	DE	WAS	BUF	28	13	6
Willie Snead	WR	NOR	BAL	26	16	6
John Brown	WR	ARI	BAL	28	16	6
Carl Nassib	DE	CLE	TAM	25	15	5
Richard Sherman	DB	SEA	SFO	30	14	5
Doug Martin	RB	TAM	OAK	29	16	5
Marcus Gilchrist	DB	HOU	OAK	30	16	5
Jordy Nelson	WR	GNB	OAK	33	15	5
Jason Myers	K	JAX	NYJ	27	16	5
Brandon Copeland	LB	DET	NYJ	27	16	5
Isaiah Crowell	RB	CLE	NYJ	25	13	5
Michael Thomas	S	MIA	NYG	28	16	5
Spencer Pulley	C	LAC	NYG	25	13	5
Cordarrelle Patterson	WR	OAK	NWE	27	15	5
Ben Watson	TE	BAL	NOR	38	16	5
Frank Gore	RB	IND	MIA	35	14	5
Jimmy Graham	TE	SEA	GNB	32	16	5
Byron Bell	T	DAL	GNB	29	12	5
Kenny Wiggins	T	LAC	DET	30	16	5
Trey Burton	TE	PHI	CHI	27	16	5
Michael Crabtree	WR	OAK	BAL	31	16	5
Tre Boston	FS	LAC	ARI	26	14	5

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