The Patriots’ reported curiosity in receiver Calvin Ridley may be very actual. According to Josina Anderson, the Patriots have made a suggestion to the free-agent wideout.
The group can also be opting to “hold a deal on the desk” following as we speak’s reviews that targeted on the attention-grabbing logistics of the earlier Jaguars-Falcons commerce. If Jacksonville re-signs Ridley earlier than 2 p.m. tomorrow, they’ll owe Atlanta a second-round choose. In the event that they wait past that deadline and re-sign the receiver, the Jaguars would solely owe the Falcons a third-round choose.
This led some pundits to imagine that Ridley was destined to return to Jacksonville and was merely biding his time to offer his group with higher draft capital. Nonetheless, it sounds just like the Patriots are nonetheless very a lot within the hunt, and it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how negotiations progress over the following 24 hours.
New England holds greater than $80M in cap house, and with Ridley sitting atop the WR market, it solely made sense that the Patriots would goal the free agent for his or her new-look offense. The staff moved on from Mac Jones and added veteran Jacoby Brissett, and the group seems to be leaning in direction of deciding on a QB with the third-overall choose. Ridley would characterize an intriguing goal for whoever is beneath heart for the Patriots in 2024 and past.
The Patriots’ receivers struggled in 2023, though that was partly because of the staff’s inconsistent play at quarterback. The staff has already moved on from DeVante Parker and is seeking to unload JuJu Smith-Schuster, leaving loads of query marks atop the depth chart. The staff did conform to new offers with Kendrick Bourne and Jalen Reagor, however the remainder of their depth chart options unproven choices like Demario Douglas, Tyquan Thornton and Kayshon Boutte.