Over the last few years, the Patriots have been a team more focused on adding superstar players to their roster rather than already having them on the team. With the exception of a few, like cornerback Christian Gonzalez, not many have been deemed desirable for other teams to call about, which made it surprising to hear that Mike Vrabel and Co. were hoping to get a few trades done before roster cutdowns.
It was more surprising to find out who some of those players were, one of whom was longtime starting safety Kyle Dugger. Although it wasn't totally unexpected, given that he had progressively fallen down the depth chart at training camp, the idea that he had fallen so far behind that they didn't even want him on the roster anymore was hard to imagine.