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“To chop to the chase, it is form of posturing.”
The opportunity of a Patriots commerce: Whereas chatting with reporters previous to a coaching camp follow on Monday, Patriots government vp of participant personnel Eliot Wolf admitted brazenly that the crew would “consider” trading a top draft pick to accumulate extra expertise previous to the beginning of the 2025 season.
“Simply doing what’s finest for the crew,” Wolf defined. “If there’s a participant on the market we really feel might help us, and it price [a high draft pick], then we might think about doing that.”
This predictably despatched waves round New England as the complete ramifications of what Wolf mentioned started to resonate. Nonetheless, the truth is likely to be a bit disappointing for Patriots followers hoping that this might sign the acquisition of star holdouts like Bengals defensive lineman Trey Hendrickson or Commanders vast receiver Terry McLaurin.
Within the view of a number of NFL reporters, a Patriots commerce may not be on the horizon.
“The Patriots — like each crew — are consistently searching for doable methods to enhance their roster,” The Athletic’s Dianna Russini noted Tuesday morning.
“However from conversations I’ve been having, I don’t sense that New England is shut on a deal for any of the NFL’s disgruntled stars right now,” Russini added.
Different league insiders mirrored an identical line of reporting.
“I’m instructed the New England Patriots at present really feel the associated fee to accumulate Bengals star rusher Trey Hendrickson is ‘an excessive amount of,’ per a league supply as of Monday,” wrote Josina Anderson. “The membership continues to do due diligence by monitoring the marketplace for Hendrickson.”
Nearer to house, Andrew Callahan of The Boston Herald concurred with the skepticism in regards to the potential of an imminent deal.
“To me, I feel this was simply Eliot saying, ‘Yeah, we might think about something, however what am I really getting on the desk?’” he said on NBC Sports activities Boston Monday evening.
“To chop to the chase, it’s form of posturing,” Patriots reporter Tom Curran added. “It’s telling all the opposite 31 groups, ‘Hey, for those who’ve received any person you need to transfer, you possibly can transfer them. We’re not going to present a first-round decide for nearly anyone, but when a hypothetical got here and also you mentioned we’re going to ship you Participant X, who’s a top-three participant, then we might try this.’”
“However I feel it’s fascinating to indicate not a lot that [the Patriots] are in on everyone, I don’t assume it’s false in that regard, however that there’s an urgency that they need to convey that you simply and I’ve talked about for years was absent,” Curran mentioned in response to Callahan.
The Patriots have a number of extra weeks of preseason to get the roster set previous to the Week 1 kickoff in opposition to the Raiders on Sept. 7.
Trivia: Eliot Wolf’s father, Ron, was a longtime common supervisor of the Packers. Early in his tenure in Inexperienced Bay, the elder Wolf traded a first-round decide to accumulate a future three-time MVP. Who was that participant?
(Reply on the backside.)
Trace: He would go on to begin 253 consecutive video games for the Packers.
Scores and schedules:
The Crimson Sox misplaced to the Orioles 6-3 on Monday. The 2 groups play once more right this moment at Fenway Park, with first pitch set for 7:10 p.m.
The Patriots are making ready for the crew’s remaining preseason sport on the Giants on Thursday at 8 p.m.
Extra from Boston.com:
An ESPN throwback: Wealthy Eisen stepped in to do SportsCenter on Monday evening for the primary time in 22 years. The intro had a basic look (and sound). Eisen closed by paying an emotional tribute to his longtime co-anchor, the late Stuart Scott.
Goalie aim: Connecticut native Alyssa Naeher notched a uncommon goalkeeper aim throughout the Chicago Stars’ 3-3 draw in opposition to the Seattle Reign on Monday.
On this present day: In 1967, the Crimson Sox received a wild sport in opposition to the Angels 12-11. Carl Yastrzemski went 4-for-5 with a house run and two RBIs. The victory got here in the midst of a Boston surge within the standings, with the Crimson Sox successful 9 of 10 within the mid-August stretch.
Day by day spotlight: It was an enormous evening for backup vast receiver Mitchell Tinsley, who made a number of high quality catches for the Bengals within the preseason matchup with Washington, together with a pair of acrobatic landing receptions.
Trivia reply: Brett Favre
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