NEW ORLEANS -- For the football minds on Radio Row this week, it's one of the NFL's worst-kept secrets: The Patriots are in dire need of receiver help.
What's less certain is how the team under Mike Vrabel's leadership goes about addressing that spot.
Do they unload bags of cash on Tee Higgins' doorstep in free agency? Or is there another, more cost-effective avenue for them to pursue?
Rams receiver Cooper Kupp, who tuned-up the Patriots for 106 yards and two touchdowns back in November, announced on Monday that the Rams plan to trade him.