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Some players are in the right place at the right time. Great teams, great systems, situations that just make sense, and keep them content with their NFL squad. Then there are these guys… who hate their current teams. It is the same every offseason… You can just sort of feel the tension building around certain players and their franchises. Sometimes it’s about money. Sometimes it’s about winning… or the persistent, maddening lack of winning. And sometimes… it comes down to a superstar who is somewhere he clearly doesn’t want to be anymore, and the only question left is when the break actually happens. Let’s take a look around the league at 10 NFL players who, heading into 2026, are absolutely, undeniably at odds with their current team. Which NFL players hate their current teams? Keon Coleman, WR, Buffalo BillsNov 2, 2025; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman (0) warms up before the game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-Imagn Images When the team owner steps to the microphone and tells the world that the coaching staff pushed to draft a guy and that he was just being a “team player” by going along with it, you know the relationship is off to a really bad start. That’s exactly what Buffalo’s Terry Pegula did in January, publicly distancing himself from the Keon Coleman pick and pinning the decision squarely on the fired Sean McDermott staff. Think about that for a second. The men who believed in you are gone. And the man who signs your checks just told everyone he wasn’t one of them. Coleman was the 33rd overall pick in 2024 and was supposed to be the next foundational piece at receiver for a franchise trying to win a championship. Through two seasons, he’s totaled 67 catches for 960 yards and 8 touchdowns. Fine for a third option, nowhere near the upside that comes with an early second-round pick. He was benched multiple times in 2025 for what the organization described broadly as maturity issues…  New head coach Joe Brady and GM Brandon Beane are calling it a “full reset” for Year 3, but trade rumors have floated his name to New Orleans for a mid-to-late-round pick. Beane says the door is open if Coleman earns it. Hard to walk through a door when the owner has already told everyone it wasn’t his idea to let you in. It is no wonder he’s not the biggest fan of his NFL team. Anthony Richardson, QB, Indianapolis ColtsIndianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson (5) celebrates after rushing for a touchdown Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, during a game against the Tennessee Titans at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. There’s no proper way to exist as the fourth overall pick in the NFL Draft once you find yourself third on your team’s depth chart. Richardson was drafted out of Florida with some of the most jaw-dropping physical tools we’ve seen from a quarterback prospect in years — the arm, the size, the athleticism, the ceiling everyone kept talking about.  Through three seasons with the Colts, though, he’s made it into just 17 games, and it hasn’t looked particularly good for any extended amount of time. A broken hand in his rookie year. A midseason benching in 2024 for Joe Flacco because the team wasn’t happy with how he was preparing.  And then in 2025, when he entered camp as the presumed starter, lost the job to Daniel Jones during training camp, settled into the backup role… and then suffered a fractured orbital bone in a freak pregame warmup accident before Week 6. Now it looks like he will never play another meaningful snap for the Colts. GM Chris Ballard says he believes in Richardson, but with the way the depth chart is looking and the rumors coming out of Indy, the franchise isn’t saying the quiet part loudly, which has put Richardson at odds with the organization. Breece Hall, RB, New York JetsSep 7, 2025; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Jets running back Breece Hall (20) reacts to a play during the second half against the Pittsburgh Steelers at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Four seasons, three different head coaches, and a lopsided record of 22 wins. 46 losses. That is the Breece Hall experience in New York, where he has been the most consistent player on the most consistently disappointing team in football.  He put up 1,065 rushing yards in 2025 and over 1,200 yards from scrimmage for the third straight season, but ended up watching the team crater to 3-14. At the trade deadline, Hall had already privately made clear how he felt about the losing, and though the interest in him from contending teams was reportedly significant, the Jets declined to move him as part of the fire sale that claimed Quinnen Williams, Sauce Gardner, and others. Now, Breece Hall and all his talent are stuck, held captive, by a dysfunctional and rudderless Jets organization. Maxx Crosby, DE, Las Vegas RaidersOct 17, 2021; Denver, Colorado, USA; Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby (98) reacts after a play in the second quarter against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports This one isn’t just about a player who hates his NFL team. This is about a player who thought he was already gone — and then got sent back. Crosby had made clear by January that he wanted out of Las Vegas. The Raiders were rebuilding. He wanted to win. Both sides agreed it was time to move on, and honestly, good for everyone involved for being adults about it. So when the Ravens came calling with two first-round picks — including the 14th overall selection — the Raiders took it. The deal was done. Crosby filmed an emotional farewell video and posted it. He flew to Baltimore. He met with coach Jesse Minter and GM Eric DeCosta. And he genuinely believed a new chapter was starting. Then the Ravens backed out. Baltimore flagged a degenerative issue in his knee during the physical and walked away from two first-round picks—a move that sent shockwaves through the entire league. Crosby is publicly saying all the right things: “I’m a Raider, I’m back, everything happens for a reason.”  And to his credit, he’s handled an absolutely brutal situation with remarkable composure—extending beyond even the failed trade…  But let’s not kid ourselves. This is a guy who wanted out, thought he was out, and got handed back to a team that went 3-14 last year, has a first-time head coach, and is expected to start a rookie quarterback. Las Vegas literally couldn’t move him right when it mattered most. They may get another shot at a trade before the season starts. They may not.  But one thing is certain—Maxx Crosby did not get on that plane back to Las Vegas feeling great about the people running this franchise. Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Arizona CardinalsJan 5, 2025; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. (18) against the San Francisco 49ers at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images When it comes to the worst possible landing spots for a first-round receiver, it’s hard to beat Arizona right now. Harrison was the 4th overall pick in 2024, anointed a generational talent coming out of Ohio State. Son of a Hall of Famer and the most polished route runner in his draft class.  This guy was supposed to make the Cardinals relevant immediately. Instead, through two seasons in the desert, he became an afterthought—and is now at odds with the NFL team that drafted him. The situation isn’t getting better either… Kyler Murray is gone. The projected starting quarterback for 2026 is Jacoby Brissett, who went 1-11 as a starter last season. And Michael Wilson is outproducing MHJ. The murmurs keep getting louder and louder that he wants out. JJ McCarthy, QB, Minnesota VikingsJ.J. McCarthy (Credit: IMAGN) The 10th overall pick in 2024. The centerpiece of the Vikings’ future. The quarterback, Kevin O’Connell, was going to develop into a franchise star. Heading into Year 3, he might be the backup. McCarthy missed his entire rookie year with a preseason knee injury.  He returned in 2025 and made 10 starts—going 6-4, which sounds okay until you look at the box score and see he threw more interceptions than touchdowns.  And it only got worse when you watched the tape… Nine struggled with decision-making and processing to the point where sources told reporters the coaching staff had real frustrations about how things were going. The Vikings’ response? Sign Kyler Murray — a guy the Cardinals just paid $36.8 million to get rid of — to come in and compete for the job.  The framing of it as a “competition” seems dubious at best… and now McCarthy, the franchise’s top-10 pick, is likely going to be watching the action happen from the sideline. No wonder he’s not happy with his team! Garrett Wilson, WR, New York JetsGarrett Wilson (Photo Credits: Imagn) Yes, this is the second Jets player on the list. That should tell you everything you need to know about the state of that organization. Wilson signed a four-year, $130 million extension right before the 2025 season began.  He committed… He believed in what Aaron Glenn was building and was ready to be the cornerstone. Then the Jets stumbled out of the gate, his friend Justin Fields got benched, and the front office traded Quinnen Williams, then Sauce Gardner, his other best friend on that roster, a guy he’d drafted alongside, signed extensions with on the same day. The two had grown up as NFL players together. Wilson sat in the locker room, dealing with a knee injury that would end his season in November, watching the team he had just committed to for four years come apart at the seams in real time. Wilson is too good and too competitive to feel at ease heading into 2026 on this roster… But the reality is that he made his bet and his bed—now he’s gotta lie in it. AJ Brown, WR, Philadelphia EaglesPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver AJ Brown in the end zone (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images) Brown has made his frustrations with Philadelphia’s offense clear enough over the last two seasons that everyone already knows the temperature in that room.  The targets haven’t been coming consistently, and the scheme hasn’t been built around him the way it should be.  And after the Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2024, instead of things opening up for one of the best receivers in football, he posted his lowest output as an Eagle. A guy with three straight second-team All-Pro nods is suddenly being called overpaid by analysts. The Eagles had serious conversations with both the Patriots and the Rams about a trade this offseason. There have been several reports that Brown’s exit is seen as “inevitable” by sources around the league, but still… no movement. In part because the dead cap hit before June 1 has complicated things as a pre-June trade carries a $43 million charge, but even so, it feels like the Birds are in no rush to deal the talented wideout. They apparently even signed Elijah Moore, Brown’s close college friend, in an attempt to keep him happy. Brown is locked up through 2029 at $32 million per year. The Eagles aren’t in a rush. But this smoke has been burning for two years now, and at some point… it feels like something has to give. Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) throws a pass in the first quarter of the NFL Week 2 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Jacksonville Jaguars at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. The Jaguars led 17-10 at halftime. There’s a specific kind of misery that comes from being the best player on an NFL team that keeps finding new ways to waste your prime. Late in the 2025 season, a year in which Burrow missed eight games with a turf toe injury, the Bengals went 6-11, and the offense still ranked top-ten in EPA per play when he was actually healthy, he sat at press conferences and sounded miserable. He talked about going through “more than most” and left the door open when asked whether he could see himself as the QB1 for another franchise. Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the organization that took him first overall back in 2020… which is fair considering how maddening the Bengals are to watch operate every offseason. It is the same old story every year… Mike Brown keeps the budget tight. The defense keeps collapsing. And Burrow, who has the talent to compete for championships, watches the window close a little further every single year. Reports have been direct about what comes next: if the Bengals miss the playoffs for a fourth consecutive season in 2026, Burrow demands a trade. This is a slow-motion disaster in motion, and everyone can see it coming. Myles Garrett, DE, Cleveland BrownsMyles Garrett (Photo via Imagn Images) In 2025, Myles Garrett broke the NFL’s all-time single-season sack record with 23. The only problem was that he did it on a team that went 5- 12. Sit with that for a moment. The best defensive player in football put together the most productive individual defensive season in the history of the league… And his team won five games. No wonder he is disgruntled! Even with the massive contract extension he took last offseason. Yup… This isn’t new territory.  He publicly requested a trade last offseason before the Browns extended him at $40 million per year — the richest contract in history for a defensive player — to stay. He agreed, came back, and proceeded to have arguably the greatest defensive season anyone has ever produced, but the Browns remained woefully dysfunctional. Then this week, the Browns quietly modified the language of his contract, pushing his $29.2 million option bonuses from March to just before the regular season each year, a move that creates zero cap savings for Cleveland unless they actually trade him.  Cap experts around the league were immediate: this makes Garrett more tradeable, full stop. ESPN’s Adam Schefter went directly to the Browns. Their response: “100 percent definitely not trading Myles Garrett.” He has a no-trade clause and hasn’t publicly asked to be moved… yet.  And of course, the Browns say he’s going nowhere, but the greatest pass rusher alive is entering his age-31 season on a team in year two of a rebuild with no visible endpoint… and he is clearly sick of their schtick.  Garrett has already asked out once, and the haul Cleveland could get for him right now—potentially three first-round picks—won’t be available forever. Somebody in that building should be paying very, very close attention because their biggest star absolute HATES them.