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Predicting NFL Week 8 upsets, plus weekly buzz, notes

Will more big names join newest 49ers Christian McCaffrey as players changing addresses at the trade deadline? Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images

We are less one week out from the NFL trade deadline, with Thursday's deal sending Christian McCaffrey from the Carolina Panthers to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for multiple draft picks perhaps launching what will be an active trade period. Which struggling teams will look to make key additions, and which will unload key players with an eye toward next season and beyond? ESPN's NFL Insiders Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler consider those questions below, and share everything else they're hearing as the deadline nears.

But there's more, as Graz and Fowler offer a longer-lens look at the McCaffrey trade's impact on the Niners, size up the second-half prospects for the struggling Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and offer their requisite upset picks and fantasy football tips for a week that includes Sunday's Broncos/Jaguars game from London, to be seen exclusively on ESPN+ at 9:30 a.m. ET: