Patriots Rumor Patriots rejected two major trade offers?

FredFromDartmouth · Apr 27, 2024

According to Breer, the Patriots rejected trade offers for #3 from the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings.

Breer: "“Earlier this week, Minnesota offered the Nos. 11 and 23 picks, and its 2025 first-rounder, with pick swaps favoring the Vikings as part of the proposal; and that offer ticked up with New England on the clock,”

If this is true, and I don't doubt it, then the Patriots whiffed on a chance for a major upgrade. Queue the second guessing, but with the Vikings picks the Patriots could have taken OT Fashanu and WR Brian Thomas/Xavier Worthy...or various other combinations including a QB....plus an extra first round next year. Yikes; that would have been an instant upgrade.

Drake Maye better be the Second Coming or else this pick will haunt them for years.

Patriots rejected two major trade offers for Drake Maye (report)

Drake Maye had some serious suitors looking to move up the board.

www.masslive.com

NE_Zealot · Apr 27, 2024

I’m good with taking Maye at 3. Not having a franchise-level QB is a death sentence in the NFL. As fast as QBs were coming off the board who do we get instead, Bo Nix?

lancerman · Apr 27, 2024

You're overvaluing draft picks. The Patriots went into the draft with their needs being QB/WR/OT. They would have been stupid to not leave with either one of the top QB's, MHJ or Alt under those scenarios.

Pape · Apr 27, 2024

FredFromDartmouth said:
According to Breer, the Patriots rejected trade offers for #3 from the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings.

Breer: "“Earlier this week, Minnesota offered the Nos. 11 and 23 picks, and its 2025 first-rounder, with pick swaps favoring the Vikings as part of the proposal; and that offer ticked up with New England on the clock,”

If this is true, and I don't doubt it, then the Patriots whiffed on a chance for a major upgrade. Queue the second guessing, but with the Vikings picks the Patriots could have taken OT Fashanu and WR Brian Thomas/Xavier Worthy...or various other combinations including a QB....plus an extra first round next year. Yikes; that would have been an instant upgrade.

Drake Maye better be the Second Coming or else this pick will haunt them for years.

Patriots rejected two major trade offers for Drake Maye (report)

Drake Maye had some serious suitors looking to move up the board.

www.masslive.com

Although I am not in love with Drake Maye as a QB, and had thought about the potential of a trade back, the Patriots made the correct decision to stick at 3 and take their guy.

From what I read, the front office decided on Maye awhile ago... They got their guy, and if those reports are true, it was the right decision to take him... No ifs ands buts or what abouts about it. You take the guy you have targeted, period. End of story.

So while I don't love the pick, I'm all in on Maye as the next starting QB of the New England Patriots (after Maye is coached up - let Brisket absorb the opening shots of the 2024 season until he is).

LightSkinSmurf · Apr 27, 2024

They did the right thing. Maye is too good of a prospect and QB is too important of a position.

Gumby · Apr 27, 2024

FredFromDartmouth said:
According to Breer, the Patriots rejected trade offers for #3 from the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings.

Breer: "“…..

Patriots rejected two major trade offers for Drake Maye (report)

Drake Maye had some serious suitors looking to move up the board.

www.masslive.com

GOOD for them.

sean10mm · Apr 27, 2024

That's an extremely mid haul for #3 overall actually. #11 is about half the value of #3, and a 2025 1st has the value of a 2024 2nd. Then there are the unspecified "pick swaps that favor the VIKINGS."

That's a deal you take when you genuinely hate all the options left, not if you actually rate anybody on your board highly.

This isn't even a Maye defense post, if they liked anyone on the board for #3 they should have blown off that trade and used the pick.

lancerman · Apr 27, 2024

sean10mm said:
That's an extremely mid haul for #3 overall actually. #11 is about half the value of #3, and a 2025 1st has the value of a 2024 2nd.

That's a deal you take when you genuinely hate all the options left, not if you actually rate anybody on your board highly.

The 11 essentially ices you out of the first 5 QB prospects, the top 3 WR prospects and top 3 OT prospects. The value really isn't there.

Stu Pidassle · Apr 27, 2024

This article just confirms what was talked about in the media before the draft. Players fail at all positions, debating one unknown vs a larger set of unknowns is just framing the fundamental question a different way. If Maye is good, this is the part in Dynasty II where RKK says that he put his foot down and forced Wolf to draft the QB. If he is a bust there will be plenty of things to complain about, including the missed opportunity to restock other positions during this draft. So far he seems much different than Mac. More confidence, less ****iness. I also like the fact that he faced some hardship in college and played ell enough to stay at the top of the draft.

Uptown · Apr 27, 2024

I didn’t see Justin Jefferson anywhere in that potential deal, so no, there wasn’t anything “major” about either one of those offers. Waaayyy below equal value. Not even close. (Even without JJ..)

State · Apr 27, 2024

I heard the Giants offered more than what Albert Breer reported. Let me see if I can find it…

Triumph · Apr 27, 2024

The Pats were in discussions with Harbaugh and the LA Chargers regarding Herbert to NE as well.

Maye ? Wolfe was involved with the Mac Jones pick so I would not be getting the champagne ready just yet.

TB12TheGoat · Apr 27, 2024

Triumph said:
The Pats were in discussions with Harbaugh and the LA Chargers regarding Herbert to NE as well.

Maye ? Wolfe was involved with the Mac Jones pick so I would not be getting the champagne ready just yet.

a Herbert deal is the only one I would have done. if all MIN was offering was #11, #23, and a first next year for #3 then screw that

Froob · Apr 27, 2024

If teams want Maye this badly…uhhh maybe he’s that good? How often are we going to have a chance at an elite QB prospect?

PATSYLICIOUS · Apr 27, 2024

They did the right thing. Youll have plenty of mid first round picks over the next several years and cap space to fill the roster out around the qb position. Over the span of several years having 2 extra isn’t going to move the needle between mediocrity and legit contention. These days only a qb can, and you only get this opportunity so often.

50-yard-line · Apr 27, 2024

Triumph said:
The Pats were in discussions with Harbaugh and the LA Chargers regarding Herbert to NE as well.

Maye ? Wolfe was involved with the Mac Jones pick so I would not be getting the champagne ready just yet.

I feel like dangling the pick to Harbaugh was as much about trying to see how much ******** he threw on JJ McCarthy vs. his real feelings than anything else. Herbert is expensive and hasn't won anything...Harbaugh said JJ was THE GUY.

Really? Prove it.

Triumph · Apr 27, 2024

Froob said:
If teams want Maye this badly…uhhh maybe he’s that good? How often are we going to have a chance at an elite QB prospect?

Maye has only played 26 games where he was "The Guy"

In the ACC. Year 1 he faced - ND, Clemson [10] and Oregon [15] all losses. He should have returned to NC and came out next draft.

Big Bucks · Apr 27, 2024

What gets me is the trade made by the Rams after we took Polk at #37

Rams receive: 39th overall pick
Panthers receive: 52nd, 155th and 2025 second-round pick

Why wouldn't we have been offered the same and didn't accept. Things like this make me wonder about those in charge.
FYI Patrick Paul went 55 and of course Colts took Adoni Mitchell at 52

I need to punch a wall.

moosekill · Apr 27, 2024

Triumph said:
Maye has only played 26 games where he was "The Guy"

In the ACC. Year 1 he faced - ND, Clemson [10] and Oregon [15] all losses. He should have returned to NC and came out next draft.

This is a dumb take. He was picked third in the draft. No he shouldn’t have stayed.

Ross12 · Apr 27, 2024

FredFromDartmouth said:
According to Breer, the Patriots rejected trade offers for #3 from the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings.

Breer: "“Earlier this week, Minnesota offered the Nos. 11 and 23 picks, and its 2025 first-rounder, with pick swaps favoring the Vikings as part of the proposal; and that offer ticked up with New England on the clock,”

If this is true, and I don't doubt it, then the Patriots whiffed on a chance for a major upgrade. Queue the second guessing, but with the Vikings picks the Patriots could have taken OT Fashanu and WR Brian Thomas/Xavier Worthy...or various other combinations including a QB....plus an extra first round next year. Yikes; that would have been an instant upgrade.

Drake Maye better be the Second Coming or else this pick will haunt them for years.

Patriots rejected two major trade offers for Drake Maye (report)

Drake Maye had some serious suitors looking to move up the board.

www.masslive.com

I’m sure this board would’ve been perfectly content and no one would’ve complained at all if they got Fashanu and Worthy but were starting Brissett and Zappe at QB.

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