After weeks of speculation, Eliot Wolf and the Patriots’ top brass opted to stand pat ahead of the NFL’s trade deadline at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
New England’s lone move ahead of the deadline was struck last week, with the Patriots sending pass rusher Joshua Uche to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for a 2026 sixth-round pick.
But with New England mired at the bottom of the AFC with a 2-7 record this season — and a long rebuild ahead — several reports tabbed the Patriots as aggressive sellers even after the Uche deal.