Not long after Michael Bennett said he wanted a pay raise from the Philadelphia Eagles, the Eagles were shipping him off.
Bennett, the talented defensive lineman who has made three Pro Bowls in his 10 NFL seasons with the Buccaneers, Seahawks and Eagles, will next be playing with the New England Patriots if a deal reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter gets finalized (we can never be too sure with NFL trades nowadays). Bennett will come cheap; Schefter said the deal would be the Patriots sending their 2020 fifth-round pick to Philadelphia for a 2020 seventh-round pick and Bennett.