Trade looks unlikely
If the Patriots want to make any trades, today at 4 is the deadline.
But coach Bill Belichick said during his weekly appearance on WEEI yesterday that he “would be surprised’’ if the team made a move.
Big deals at the deadline are not the routine in the NFL. Nick Caserio, the Patriots’ director of player personnel, said he spoke with a few teams last week but that is not unusual.
“Some teams have called us, so I would say for this time of the year the conversations have been somewhat normal,’’ Caserio said. “As we had mentioned last week, the talks are usually a little bit more intense during the training camp period when you get to the roster cutdowns.’’
With receiver Joey Galloway inactive the last three weeks, it would seem the Patriots are in the market for a third receiver to complement Randy Moss and Wes Welker.
“I think you have to find if there’s a player on another club, you have to see if you can agree to some terms,’’ Caserio said. “There’s a variety of moving parts and I think it depends on the situation and I think you sort of take it as it comes and if there’s something that we feel makes sense, then we’ll look to consider it - whether it’s a trade deadline or whether it’s signing players off the street who haven’t been with a club.
“So there’s a variety of different avenues that you can use to improve or look to upgrade your team at different points during the year.’’
