Report: Matt Patricia Played Big Role In Patriots’ DeVante Parker Trade

The New England Patriots didn’t make too many moves in the offseason just because they don’t have enough money to play with. Well, they traded for one talented player. If you ask Patriots director of player personnel Matt Groh, he will say Matt Patricia helped the Patriots trade for DeVante Parker.

“Certainly, it got kick-started on their end with them adding a different player and then where they were at with their wide receiver room,” Groh said of the Tyreek Hill trade. “And then having the opportunity to add a great player to our roster.

“They weren’t going to be able to just keep everybody, and when a player became available, I would say Matt Patricia did a great job of being on that early and kind of getting that information to us as quickly as he could. We were in on that early, and it really came together well for us. We’re really excited about having DeVante here.”

Matt Patricia helped the Patriots get DeVante Parker

The Patriots had a few great reasons to bring Patricia back in New England. He joined Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft, and other members in their efforts to land great players.

Groh praised Patricia for his excellent work and detailed his expectations from Parker. He will have to go against Hill and Jaylen Waddle and that’s not something you play with.

“We’ve got to play them twice,” Groh said of New England’s AFC East foe. “Those are two very, very meaningful games. We’ve got to have a way to be able to combat those two players, along with a lot of the other great players that they have and have been able to add. But there’s multiple ways to doing that — there’s personnel, there’s scheme.

“We’re very cognizant of what they’ve got down there, and we’re going to try and find guys that can help us out in that regard. There’s multiple ways to try to find different avenues to slow those guys down, but it’ll be tough. They certainly added a lot of speed there.”

The Patriots will face a huge competition in 2022. NFL teams are rebuilding their roster and pretty much every team needs key players for their key positions. Belichick needs receivers and cornerbacks and he may get a few in the upcoming draft.