The Patriots were close to completing a trade with the Buffalo Bills that would have allowed New England to move back into the first round of the draft, according to NFL Media’s Cameron Wolfe.
The Patriots reportedly had their eyes on a pair of receivers, according to Wolfe, who recently appeared on CLNS Media’s Patriots Daily podcast.
“They tried to get back into the first round,” Wolfe said. “They were trying, they made calls for a few different picks and they thought they had something at No. 32 with the Bills.