As Bill Belichick explained earlier in the week, activity on and around the trade deadline can be tough to predict, with deals that have been talked about for weeks never getting done and others that come up in the 11th hour getting hammered out in minutes.
The Patriots are usually one of the more active franchises with Belichick once famously saying they are always “open for business.’’ Plenty of calls and conversations took place, though nothing came to fruition.
Though the trade market has closed, teams can still add assets by signing free agents who could become available when teams cut players after falling out of the postseason chase.