The New England Patriots don’t have a Davante Adams, Amari Cooper nor DeAndre Hopkins in their receiver room. Instead, they have veterans like Kendrick Bourne, K.J. Osborn and Tyquan Thornton, all of whom also could be dealt before the NFL trade deadline.
So while the trade packages for Adams, Cooper and most recently Hopkins are nothing to scoff at, they certainly don’t serve as a blueprint for the Patriots. It’s not as if Patriots would receive those same assets if they sent Bourne, Osborn or Thornton anywhere. Hell, a package of all three probably wouldn’t go for the same return.