Big Trade Proposal Lands Patriots No. 4 Pick and JC Jackson Replacement

The New England Patriots really like JC Jackson but they have probably found a replacement for the player. The 2021 NFL Draft is in a week. We have heard so many trade talks about the team and the future deals.

The Patriots are coming off a terrible season. They missed the playoffs and struggled to win games.

Head coach Bill Belichick made some cool moves in free agency and he will probably do the same in the upcoming draft. Bill Barnwell from ESPN suggests that the Patriots should engage in a trade deal with the Atlanta Falcons.

Patriots to trade JC Jackson and get the right replacement

In this proposal, the Patriots get Atlanta’s No.4 overall pick and a fourth-rounder in 2022 and cornerback Isaiah Oliver in exchange for the team’s No.15 pick, a 2021 third-rounder, 2022 first-round selection, and star cornerback J.C. Jackson.

Barnwell is convinced that the Patriots are the perfect trade deal for Atlanta.

“I still think it’s more likely that the Falcons trade down and add more pieces to fix their defense while trying to win around Ryan over the next couple of years,” he said. “They’re a terrible fit for the receivers and tackles who are likely in the discussion at No. 4, so they can trade down and still address the edge or their secondary. I think they’ll have talks with the Broncos at No. 9, but once the 49ers traded up, the most obvious team to move up became the Patriots.”

The Patriots can move up to get Lance, Mac Jones or Justin Fields. But, Belichick is not someone who’d agree to a move of this kind. Cam Newton struggled with inconsistencies and Belichick may be motivated to pull out the trade.

“No, the Pats don’t typically package multiple first-rounders to move up in the draft,” Barnwell explains. “That’s true. They also don’t typically make a splash by signing more than a half-dozen players across the first two days of free agency, though, and that’s exactly what Bill Belichick did this March. We can’t assume that the Patriots are going to play by their old, Tom Brady-era rules when it comes to roster construction. They added weapons for Cam Newton this offseason, but Newton was inconsistent in 2020, has a rough injury history and isn’t under contract in 2022. The Pats still need a long-term solution at quarterback.”

Belichick may not include Jackson in the deal but the player will probably leave the team in the offseason. Maurice Moton of Bleacher Report said that Jackson is one of the players who will end up on the trade block next week.