Report: Patriots Open To Trading Wide Receiver

Trades everywhere. Apparently, the New England Patriots are looking for a wide receiver on the trade market, and they may even send one out.

Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network believes that the Patriots will move on from a wide receiver. Chris Hogan and Philip Dorsett are the first names that popped out. Both players are in the final year of their contracts. Josh Gordon was acquired recently, so the pass catchers are considered an expendable asset for the team.

Rapoport also noted that the team may sign Denver Broncos wideout Demaryius Thomas and Detroit Lions star pass catcher Golden Tate.

When asked about the deadline and the potential deals, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said that New England is a team that is ready to make a move if it works great for both side.

“As you know, a trade is a two-way street, so you have to have a trade partner, but I would say in our case, probably the other 31 teams, probably excluding the ones in our division that we’re probably not going to deal with them, but the other teams in the league I think they know that we are willing to trade. If they have a player for whatever reason they want to trade, in all honesty usually we get a call because we are a team that trades. There are some teams that do, some that don’t. I am not saying we’d make a lot of trades, but if the situation was right we would certainly consider it. We’ve made our share, so I would say for the most part we hear from teams if they have a player that there is interest in,” Belichick said during his appearance on WEEI’s Ordway, Merloni and Fauria.

“Sometimes we initiate it based on whatever the set of circumstances are. Generally, we hear from other people. Unless there is something we identify that we feel they are not considering it, but if you put something on the table maybe they would consider it. There are some situations that could come up like that.”

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