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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