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The Best Players To Change Teams In 2018

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.

PlayerPos2017 Tm2018 TmAgeGAV
Khalil MackOLBOAKCHI271417
Denico AutryDEOAKIND281213
Brandin CooksWRNWELAR251613
Kirk CousinsQBWASMIN301612
Trent BrownOTSFONWE251610
Mike PounceyOLMIALAC291610
Avery WilliamsonILBTENNYJ26169
Nate SolderTNWENYG30169
Case KeenumQBMINDEN30169
Bobby HartOGNYGCIN24169
Jason Pierre-PaulDENYGTAM29168
Ryan JensenTBALTAM27168
Alec OgletreeOLBLARNYG27138
Demario DavisOLBNYJNOR29168
Sheldon RichardsonDTSEAMIN28168
Chris HubbardGPITCLE27168
Chris ClarkTHOUCAR33158
Josh GordonWRCLENWE27117
Adrian PetersonRB2TMWAS33167
Michael PersonOLINDSFO30167
J.R. SweezyGTAMSEA29157
Barkevious MingoOLBINDSEA28167
Jonathan BosticLBINDPIT27167
Tahir WhiteheadOLBDETOAK28167
Robert QuinnDELARMIA28167
Akeem SpenceDTDETMIA27167
Ndamukong SuhDTMIALAR31167
Eric EbronTEDETIND25167
Tyrann MathieuCBARIHOU26167
Devon KennardOLBNYGDET27157
Romeo OkwaraDENYGDET23157
Christian JonesILBCHIDET27167
Antwaun WoodsNTTENDAL25157
Jarvis LandryWRMIACLE26167
Cordy GlennTBUFCIN29137
Allen RobinsonWRJAXCHI25137
Taylor GabrielWRATLCHI27167
Star LotuleleiDTCARBUF29167
Damon HarrisonDTNYGDET30106
Amari CooperWROAKDAL2496
Alex SmithQBKANWAS34106
Malcolm ButlerCBNWETEN28166
Dion LewisRBNWETEN28166
Kenny VaccaroFSNORTEN27136
Weston RichburgCNYGSFO27156
Shamar StephenDTMINSEA27156
Michael BennettDESEAPHI33166
Johnathan HankinsDTINDOAK26156
Frostee RuckerDEARIOAK35156
Curtis RileyCBTENNYG26166
Tom ComptonTCHIMIN29146
Marcus PetersCBKANLAR25166
Sammy WatkinsWRLARKAN25106
Anthony HitchensOLBDALKAN26156
Senio KelemeteTNORHOU28156
Zach FultonOGKANHOU27136
Tramon WilliamsDBARIGNB35166
Ricky Jean-FrancoisDT2TMDET32166
Jared VeldheerTARIDEN31126
Damarious RandallFSGNBCLE26156
Dontari PoeDTATLCAR28166
Trent MurphyDEWASBUF28136
Willie SneadWRNORBAL26166
John BrownWRARIBAL28166
Carl NassibDECLETAM25155
Richard ShermanDBSEASFO30145
Doug MartinRBTAMOAK29165
Marcus GilchristDBHOUOAK30165
Jordy NelsonWRGNBOAK33155
Jason MyersKJAXNYJ27165
Brandon CopelandLBDETNYJ27165
Isaiah CrowellRBCLENYJ25135
Michael ThomasSMIANYG28165
Spencer PulleyCLACNYG25135
Cordarrelle PattersonWROAKNWE27155
Ben WatsonTEBALNOR38165
Frank GoreRBINDMIA35145
Jimmy GrahamTESEAGNB32165
Byron BellTDALGNB29125
Kenny WigginsTLACDET30165
Trey BurtonTEPHICHI27165
Michael CrabtreeWROAKBAL31165
Tre BostonFSLACARI26145

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