Going into trade deadline season, I think that we can all agree that the Patriots could use a few bodies on defense and some depth in the backfield or at tight end. Last year, the Patriots’ only deadline move was trading away Jimmy Garoppolo, although they did add midseason talent in other ways by signing Eric Lee off the Bills practice squad and adding veterans Ricky Jean Francois and James Harrison to the defensive line rotation.
With their recent restructure of Stephon Gilmore’s contract, the Patriots have about $5.