Kendrick Bourne makes yet another recruiting pitch for Patriots to trade for star receiver Brandon Aiyuk

Kendrick Bourne has not been quiet in his attempts to recruit one of his former teammates to the New England Patriots. 

There have been some inaccurate reports regarding San Francisco 49ers star receiver Brandon Aiyuk and a potential trade, but most of it has been squashed. 

Yet, that's not stopping Bourne. He wants Aiyuk in New England and he isn't going to stop his attempts. 

“I want [Brandon] Aiyuk," Bourne told Boston.com's Khari Thompson. "He’s my guy, and I think he’ll fit in. Just being a one-on-one receiver at X. He can take a whole half of the field and dominate and create a lot of attention for himself. That’s big in our offense, the X receiver?”

The need for an X receiver is something that was brought up to defacto general manager Eliot Wolf during a session on Thursday with the media prior to the 2024 NFL Draft. 

"I think we have players that can can line up and play at X. Do we have players that on a three-by-one can beat the backside coverage every single time? I'm not sure we have that just yet," Wolf said. "But we certainly have good receivers that we're excited about working with. KJ Osborne can play all three positions, We have Kendrick Bourne coming back, Pop (DeMario Douglas), JuJu (Smith-Schuster). I mean, you know the list goes on. We feel like we have NFL receivers."

While he does say he has confidence in the receivers in the room, it's no secret that a solid X receiver would be crucial for the Patriots to pick up in Jerod Mayo's first season.

And Aiyuk would fill that role perfectly. 

Bourne and Aiyuk played together with the 49ers in 2020, so he saw the receiver in full force.