Patriots Now Open to Trading No. 3 Overall Pick

If Kwesi Adofo-Mensah plans on making a blockbuster trade to land the Minnesota Vikings a top-three pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, then the New England Patriots are the trade partner to watch. On Sunday, Patriots coach Jerod Mayo firmly planted the for sale sign on Tom Brady’s old lawn, letting everyone know New England is open to negotiating a trade back from the third overall pick.

New England Patriots open to trading No. 3 Overall Pick

Mayo made multiple comments signifying that not only are the Patriots not locked in on drafting a quarterback at No. 3, but also that they’re ready to consider any trade offer that arrives.

“Obviously, quarterback is definitely a priority. With that being said, we’re still open to any type of deals that come our way.” … “Remember, there are other positions besides quarterback as well. We’ll be at 100% when the draft gets here [April 25]. Just not yet.”

Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo on team’s draft plans (quote via ESPN)

If there’s a quarterback the Patriots aren’t in love with, it’s always possible they pivot to a top wide receiver instead. Patriots acting GM Eliot Wolf has mentioned that he hoped to “weaponize” the scoring attack, yet their efforts to sign receiver Calvin Ridley came up short.

“The most important thing for us was to get our people back here. Re-sign our players — the Mike Onwenus of the world. We have some good players that we like to keep and that’s kind of part of the culture that we want to build. Obviously, we were disappointed that Ridley went in a different direction, but we’re good. I like the direction that we’re going.”

Patriots’ ‘GM’ Eliot Wolf (quote via ESPN)

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