Saints Called Patriots About Mega Trade, Per Report (1 Viewer)

By Brian Mazique | Heavy.com

What will Bill Belichick do with Stephon Gilmore?

That’s one of the biggest questions surrounding the New England Patriots. NFL teams were calling about Gilmore, but no deal was swung. Now the former NFL Defensive Player of the Year is on injured reserve.

That pauses things for now, but according to multiple reports, the Patriots had a serious offer from the New Orleans Saints.

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The Saints Tried to Acquire Stephon Gilmore​

John Sigler of USA Today referenced a report from NFL.com‘s Ian Rapoport that says the New Orleans Saints tried to acquire the New England Patriots’ Stephon Gilmore before they swung a deal with the Houston Texans for Bradley Roby. Sigler wrote:

Rapoport clarified that the Saints offered the Denver Broncos “a really solid draft pick” for Kyle Fuller, though general manager George Paton decided to hang onto his big free agent acquisition. He adds that the Saints also called after New England Patriots No. 1 corner Stephon Gilmore, but to no avail. In the end, it’s more-or-less worked out for everyone. The Saints landed Roby, who is expected to make his first start for New Orleans on Sunday against the Carolina Panthers. Fuller is stepping up for Denver after starter Ronald Darby was sent to injured reserve for a few weeks. And Gilmore is out of action on the physically unable to perform list with an offseason injury. Maybe Fuller is a better player than Roby, but the Saints may have needed to give up more than they spent to acquire Roby (a 2022 third rounder and conditional sixth rounder in 2023) to pry him away. Maybe everyone is just where they’re supposed to be.

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