Should Patriots be willing to move No. 34 pick in deal to land stud WR?

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Should Patriots be willing to move No. 34 pick in deal to land stud WR? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

We’re a little less than a month into NFL free agency and the New England Patriots still don’t have a legitimate No. 1 wide receiver on their roster.

They reportedly made a competitive offer to free agent Calvin Ridley, but he chose to sign for more money with the Tennessee Titans. The Patriots did re-sign Kendrick Bourne and added former Vikings wideout K.J. Osborn, which are both good moves, but neither player is an elite playmaker at the position.

The trade market is now the best place for the Patriots to find that stud wide receiver they’ve lacked for a long time. And the Patriots have the salary cap space — a league-high $47 million, as of Thursday — to make that kind of upgrade and still have plenty of money left over to sign their rookie class.

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One of the most valuable trade chips the Patriots own is the No. 34 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. It’s the second pick in the second round. Should they be willing to include that pick as part of a package to acquire a star wideout?

“Because free agency went the way it did for the Patriots, right now I would say yes,” Phil Perry explained on a new episode of NBC Sports Boston’s Patriots Talk Podcast. “Initially, before really getting into this offseason, I believed they should figure out a way to give the guy who ended up in Tennessee (Ridley) all that money. Give him whatever he needs to come to New England, and then you’ve got so much wiggle room in the draft. You can use the second-round pick on a receiver, because you need another one, probably. You can use one on an offensive tackle. You can go in all sorts of ways.

“But free agency didn’t go that way, so now I would say yes. Would I trade No. 34 overall for Brandon Aiyuk and give him a…

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Publish date : 2024-04-05 02:18:15

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