In the final week of the preseason, a few NFL teams were scrambling to get their ongoing contract debacles settled to leave the stress behind in preparation for the season opener. The Bengals and the Commanders were the top two teams getting their disgrtuntled players happy again, leaving the Patriots without two trade targets they had long been connected to.
Pass rusher Trey Hendrickson seemed like the most potential trade to be done, as he is considered an aging defender and the Patriots had the money to afford the kind of extension he was hoping to be awarded with.