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Patriots' Jerod Mayo explains why he didn't play Kendrick Bourne in Week 10

When the New England Patriots opted against trading away any of their veteran pass catchers, Kendrick Bourne and KJ Osborn, it seemed like Eliot Wolf and company must have had something up their sleeve.

Now sure, the Patriots are going hard on cultivating young talent in 2024, even if some of their players have had more growing pains than others over the first ten weeks of the season. But maybe New England was going to pivot towards giving their vets a bit more run in the hopes of easing Drake Maye's transition from the NCAA to the NFL.