Patriots Player Departure Davon Godchaux Traded For 2026 7th To New Orleans

[manxman2601]

Per Rapoport.

 

[Username]

Meh

Would've thought we could've got a better pick, but the market is the market and, if he doesn't fit what we're going to do, best to get whatever for him

 

[manxman2601]

I believe that's the 4th to last pick in the draft, pick no 254. We now have four 7th round picks. At least we'll get a head start on UDFA.

Edit: Nevermind. See below.

 

[Pape]

Bye Devon... Thanks for the memories.

 

[Ross12]

It’s a 2026 7th:

 

[Huckleberry1]

Better than a sharp stick in the eye. They would have released him anyways. Now they can draft one of the UDFA’s they will have their eyes on in the z7th round.

 

[Ross12]

1. They got a pick for him instead of nothing, even though it’s very low value
2. Trading him instead of cutting him creates additional cap space, since New Orleans has to take on his guaranteed salary

 

[signbabybrady]

Does trading him instead of cutting him save anymore on the cap? Seems a little spiteful not to just cut him and set him free over a 7th rounder 2 years from now.

 

[Username]

Hopefully this might be some indication of Barmore's status?

 

[signbabybrady]

1. They got a pick for him instead of nothing, even though it’s very low value
2. Trading him instead of cutting him creates additional cap space, since New Orleans has to take on his guaranteed salary

Patsfans always has the answer

 

[PatsFan2]

Good he can GQ can go model in New Orleans now.

 

[cstjohn17]

At least he was a warm body, this roster really really sucks. As of 7:41 on 3/10/25 I am back to think this whole rebuild is still 2-3 years away.

 

[PatsFan2]

I believe that's the 4th to last pick in the draft, pick no 254. We now have four 7th round picks. At least we'll get a head start on UDFA.

Edit: Nevermind. See below.

Hopefully we can find some Late Round Gens from the bunch.

 

[Rob0729]

The fact the Pats got anything is a plus. The guy had an attitude issue last year and isn’t a scheme fit for Vrabel’s defense. Not sorry to see him go, but I wish him luck anyway.

 

[Ross12]

At least he was a warm body, this roster really really sucks. As of 7:41 on 3/10/25 I am back to think this whole rebuild is still 2-3 years away.

Thankfully there’s this great thing called “free agency” in a few hours! I bet the roster will look a little different soon.

 

[Ross12]

The fact the Pats got anything is a plus. The guy had an attitude issue last year and isn’t a scheme fit for Vrabel’s defense. Not sorry to see him go, but I wish him luck anyway.

A bit of an attitude, other teams knew they wanted to dump him, and he had guaranteed salary this year. It wouldn’t have been a surprise to see other teams just wait on his release to get a better deal on him for nothing.

 

[PatsFan2]

At least he was a warm body, this roster really really sucks. As of 7:41 on 3/10/25 I am back to think this whole rebuild is still 2-3 years away.

IF we hit in this FA and the Draft we are a lot closer than you think. It's us and the Bills...NY and Miami are now in Cap hell for a while.

 

[Username]

Could we assume that a new D-Lineman or two are to be announced soon?

 

[Joey007]

The fact the Pats got anything is a plus. The guy had an attitude issue last year and isn’t a scheme fit for Vrabel’s defense. Not sorry to see him go, but I wish him luck anyway.

He was giving me humble pie Adalius Thomas 09 vibes.

 

[Clonamery]

Could we assume that a new D-Lineman or two are to be announced soon?

It's always best to assume.