The New England Patriots made no moves at the NFL trade deadline on Tuesday. Instead, they made their biggest move beforehand, trading cornerback Stephon Gilmore to the Carolina Panthers on October 6.
Recapping each NFL team’s weaknesses, ESPN believes that the cornerback position will be the Patriots’ biggest one moving forward. As ESPN’s Mike Reiss wrote, depth at the position is thin. Furthermore, some cracks in the quality of play at cornerback reared their head on Sunday.
In addition to current play on the field, some of the options at the position are not even on the active roster.