Patriots CB Stephon Gilmore (Photo by Bobby Ellis/Getty Images)
The New England Patriots are all too familiar with trading for an Atlanta Falcons wide receiver, though these current rumors have an entirely different feel to them.
Fans will recall the Patriots trading a second-round pick to Atlanta for Mohamed Sanu ahead of the 2019 deadline. The deal proved to be a failure of epic proportions, as he managed just 26 catches for 207 yards across eight games before he was released the following offseason.
Fast forward to the present and the Patriots are being repeatedly linked with Julio Jones, who confirmed the end of his Falcons tenure on national television this week, and who, um, feels like a better fit than Sanu.