Whereas some groups on the backside of the league standings traded gamers for draft picks, Eliot Wolf and the New England Patriots stood pat Tuesday.
The Patriots made two offers the final three months: New England traded Matthew Judon to the Atlanta Falcons in August and dealt Joshua Uche to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs final week.
However New England’s deadline didn’t ship on the hype, as Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo anticipated.
Listed below are the largest winners and losers contained in the Patriots group.
Winners
Joshua Uche
Uche was traded from one of many worst groups within the league to arguably the perfect, touchdown with the unbeaten Kansas Metropolis Chiefs final week. Not a nasty deal! New England obtained a future sixth-round decide within the return, which Invoice Belichick scoffed at. Uche solely performed 16% of defensive snaps in his Kansas Metropolis debut and registered two tackles. However these numbers are more likely to soar as he will get settled in Steve Spagnuolo’s scheme, and head coach Andy Reid was obsessed with Uche’s arrival.
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Anfernee Jennings
The Patriots linebacker is perhaps the largest beneficiary of Uche’s departure. With Uche inactive in Week 8 and out the door in Week 9, Jennings performed 97% and 99% of defensive snaps in these video games, respectively. They represented probably the most and second-most snaps he’s ever performed in a sport. Jennings is well-deserving of the uptick as he grades as New England’s greatest run defender and has graded higher as a pass-rusher than Deatrich Smart Jr., amongst others.
‘Tradition guys’
Mayo got down to set up a tradition in New England, and whereas it hasn’t but been an awesome success, the Patriots stored gamers who might help it construct. Jonathan Jones, Kendrick Bourne, Davon Godchaux and Kyle Dugger are amongst gamers who have been included in commerce hypothesis and all stay in New England. Jones is the one member of that quartet who’s enjoying on an expiring deal. Protecting these gamers somewhat than dealing them for late-round draft picks ought to assist Mayo set up stated tradition.
Losers
Eliot Wolf
The Patriots reportedly have been open to buying and selling gamers on expiring contracts, however didn’t need to accomplish that merely for the sake of doing it, per The Athletic’s Jeff Howe. Whereas that’s comprehensible with regards to some gamers, it’s head-scratching with regards to others. And Wolf was the one answerable for that. Austin Hooper, Daniel Ekuale, Jones, Smart and Osborn, amongst others, are enjoying on expiring offers and stay in New England. Why? Why not deal somebody like Osborn, who’s failed to provide and won’t be right here long run? Why not commerce somebody like Ekuale, who performs on New England’s horrible run protection and will probably be topic to much less time with Christian Barmore returns? These are just some of the strikes Wolf ought to have made, nevermind a troublesome determination like Jones.
Drake Maye
Quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers and Josh Allen every have been granted a receiving weapon forward of the deadline. Their conditions and timelines are completely different, in fact. However Maye didn’t profit from any addition through the commerce market. Maye certainly would have benefited from a large receiver or the signing of an offensive lineman from someplace aside from the waiver wire. Too dangerous, rook.
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Tyler Hughes’ receiver room
For individuals who don’t know who Hughes is, he’s the first-year extensive receiver coach. He stays answerable for a dysfunctional receiver room which didn’t shake something up or remove any personalities from the room. Osborn and Tyquan Thornton felt like apparent commerce candidates, however Wolf didn’t grant any addition by subtraction. A number of groups reportedly confirmed curiosity in Osborn, together with the Los Angeles Chargers. New England reportedly obtained calls on Bourne, too. All of them stay.
