Patriots Positioning for BLOCKBUSTER Trade...

The New England Patriots are positioning for a blockbuster trade. That's what they failed first round pick now available on the trade market and the Patriots kind of in need of a wide receiver. We talk about the latest rumors surrounding the Patriots and the trade deadline as Elliott Wolf looks to improve upon this team even without A.J. Brown. We break down the latest news and information surrounding Marvin Harrison Jr. and him being linked to the New England Patriots via trade. Welcome to Patriots Digest everybody. I'm Jace Andrews and I hope you're having a fantastic day wherever you guys might be. Guys we've got a lot of things to talk about but obviously today's focus it's going to be on Marvin Harrison Jr. Now MHJ is a guy who I actually really coveted coming out of the draft. I thought he was going to be a very fantastic wide receiver and that just hasn't been the case. I mean it's simple as that. It just hasn't been the way that he's looked. It hasn't been really at all what we've expected and in my mind it's been something that could be definitely in a better spot. This past year 12 games played 608 receiving yards and 441 receptions and he had four touchdowns. You go to the career and it's just never been something you were excited to see. His rookie year was solid. 885, eight touchdowns. You thought okay this is just the rookie season. He played in all 17 games. You're feeling like you're in a good spot and it just hasn't been the case since. In 25 it was 608, four touchdowns. Preseason only played was one or seven yards. There was a touchdown though and thus far through two games he just has one reception on four targets with 33 receiving yards. It just hasn't been good. So how exactly can the Patriots like kind of work their way in here given there is a new kind of talk about that he is available via trade. In fact as we hear execs around the league are wondering whether the Arizona Cardinals could explore trading Marvin Harrison Jr ahead of the NFL trade deadline. He was number four pick in the 2024 draft and it's only caught one pass this season. Not exactly what I would say as a number one overall pick. Now speaking of week number three here and the potential for the Patriots out there, I do want to bring up our sponsor Calshi because on Calshi you're trading directly against other users not the house like an additional sports book. You're buying yes or no contracts on the outcome of events across sports politics or even the weather for example. Now last night you had Thursday Night Football but I'm going to trade currently on the New England Patriots winning this weekend versus the Jacksonville Jaguars. They're at 41% for a win if you trade yes. So I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to trade $80 on this and get $187.36 back when I make this trade. 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Like throughout this year the one catch is not something like oh well he's had this or this or this like this is the reason. There's no reason. He just has one catch and the targets really aren't there as well. I mean you think about what it's done it's just four targets. He has one drop up amongst those four targets and it kind of is a concerning factor for him. But you can't take away the talent that this guy possesses and of course rumors have started to fly on whether or not he would be willing to be traded all this stuff and of course we got this from ML football. Which again ML football is not a reputable source but just the fact they brought up the Patriots was intriguing to me and so let's talk about it. Should the New England Patriots trade for Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr? Harrison is still only 24 years old. He was the fourth overall pick in 2024 and pairing with A.J. Brown will give Drake May one of the NFL's most dangerous receiving duos. I kind of think we missed out a little bit on Stephon Diggs. I pushed a lot this offseason for the Patriots to go out there and re-sign him. They decided to go the other way. I understand that Romeo looked much better in week number two but knowing what this wide receiver room looks like and will look like throughout the future you can't say that we would have a but you can't say that it wouldn't improve the wide receiver room if we went out there and got Marvin Harrison Jr. You have a combo of A.J. Brown, Romeo Dobbs, and Marvin Harrison for the next two seasons. Sign me up and again I understand the struggles. I understand what he's looked like. I still want to blame part of that on the Cardinals offense and I know Jacobo said oh well we just signed this guy to a big contract. He only has three catches. No one's complaining about that. Why are we complaining about Marvin Harrison Jr.? We're complaining because the offense is also not good and I think that he would be in a better spot somewhere else i.e. the New England Patriots. Now that being said his contract obviously is an intriguing one and would definitely be a part of what the trade value would be. Now this year he's about 9.6 million dollars in a cap pit and over the next two seasons it's going to be decently around the 10 million dollar range. 9.7 this year and 11.3 next year on the final couple of years. Technically you do have that option so you could see him all the way through 2029 obviously. That is a possibility. These are just the first two years that put in their money wise. I do think that this is a guy who would have to be a decent trade value back and that's something that would have to be considered by the New England Patriots because you're not just going to go out here trade for Marvin Harrison for a bag of chips. That's just not going to happen. So what can the Patriots trade for him? Well I've seen reports and again I don't know how accurate these are and what exactly the Cardinals would want to take but I've seen reports that it would take a round two or round three pick. So a day two pick in theory. The Patriots have both of their day two picks in 2027 and both of their day two picks in 2028. Now in 2028 they already have given up their first round pick and the A.J. Brown trade so I doubt they'd want to give that up in the second or third but would they mind giving up a round two this year to grab Marvin Harrison Jr? I think the question that comes up is definitely and I don't know that the Patriots have that big of a need for Marvin Harrison Jr. As much as I want is there I can't say that it's like oh yes we need him to be successful. Now this season I would have liked to seen some more receiving yards thus far now we're just two games in I understand we played a very good Seahawks defense but 386 yards in two games amongst the receivers is not something I really like not to mention we don't have a single wide receiver above 100 yards across two games and obviously A.J. Brown being injured is probably a part of that I still can't sit here and say that I've been in love with the wide receiver combos now part of that is because Drake May has also not looked like himself over the first couple of weeks but I do think that you have to look at the future of this team and understand that Drake May is going to get paid here in the next couple years and if you add Marvin Harrison Jr. the equation he's going to be relatively cheap for the next three you're going to pay Drake May probably the next two so in theory the trade would understandably be just a long-term rental I say long-term three years because I don't think you're signing Marvin Harrison Jr. when he comes after that which to me is probably the reason that Elliott Wolfe decides that he's not going to explore this as much as I think it would be a fantastic addition and I would be very much open to the idea of what we could see I just don't know that it's the right thing to do knowing the contracts you're gonna have to you know sign here in the coming years and then the Patriots it took a little bit to get Gonzo under contract so I can only imagine if they had Marvin Harrison and Drake May to pay there is the caveat that of course Romeo Dobson a year could easily be cut and the money there could go to Marvin Harrison and if Marvin Harrison continues to play the way he is like obviously you'd hope the bounce would be there but if he continues to play the way he is then in that case scenario he is probably going to be paid a little less than what you might expect for a number four overall pick but let me know in the comment section this is where we ask you your take on it um let me think and kind of put your thought processes down below on whether or not you believe that Marvin Harrison Jr. should be a trade possibility for the New England Patriots would you like to see him in New England why for yes or in for no do you think MHJ in a Patriots jersey would look snazzy why for yes or in for no put your thought processes down in the comment section and of course guys we'll see you next time for now though peace out