There reportedly hasn’t been ‘a lot motion’ on a Kendrick Bourne commerce; groups ‘torn’ on if Patriots will probably be sellers

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The NFL commerce deadline is on Oct. 31.

Kendrick Bourne has been a typical participant alleged to be on the transfer forward of the commerce deadline.

Within the occasion that the 1-5 Patriots are sellers on the commerce deadline later in October, many have speculated that Kendrick Bourne might be among the many high gamers prone to transfer.

Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem that the receiver goes anyplace, not less than for the time being, in response to a report from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.

“The Patriots may get calls on Kendrick Bourne, as they did final yr, however I’m not sensing a lot motion there as of now,” Fowler wrote.

Along with questioning whether or not Bourne is accessible for commerce, groups across the league are “torn” on considering if the Patriots will truly be sellers forward of the Oct. 31 commerce deadline.

“They’re a crew that can say gamers can be found however then will pull again,” one league exec reportedly instructed Fowler.

If the Patriots had been to be sellers, Kyle Dugger, Josh Uche, Mike Onwenu, and Christian Barmore could be among the many gamers of curiosity amongst league execs, Fowler reported.

Of the 5 gamers talked about in Fowler’s column (together with Bourne), 4 of them are at the moment within the final yr of their contracts, with Barmore being the exception. The 2020 second-round decide is within the third yr of his four-year rookie deal.

All 5 of these gamers have been among the many Patriots’ high contributors over the previous few seasons. Bourne leads the crew in receiving this season with 28 catches for 307 yards and two touchdowns. Dugger leads the crew in tackles this season (41 whole), because the fourth-year security had three interceptions final season. Uche has two sacks this season after recording a career-high 11.5 sacks in 2022.

Within the trenches, Barmore has been higher as of late. He had 5 whole tackles in opposition to the Raiders final week and recorded a sack within the Week 3 win over the Jets. He missed a great period of time final season because of damage however had two sacks within the closing 4 video games and recorded 11 pressures within the closing two video games of final season, in response to Professional Soccer Focus.

Onwenu has arguably been the Patriots’ greatest offensive lineman over the previous few seasons. Nevertheless, he’s struggled this season as he missed three video games after present process ankle surgical procedure within the offseason.

Because the Patriots have two extra video games earlier than the commerce deadline, Bourne admitted that the rumors are on his thoughts, but in addition said a need to stay in Foxborough.

“It’ll undoubtedly be on my thoughts,” Bourne instructed reporters on Thursday. “However simply being prepared for no matter, man. I need to be right here. I’d like to be right here. But when there’s different plans, then it’s what it’s.”