With the outside world speculating on Tom Brady’s motivations in 2020 and beyond, at least one thing in the immediate future appears to be clear for the New England Patriots: making this season’s Super Bowl run a priority heading into the trade deadline.
As franchises have spent this past week positioning themselves for a flurry of transactional activity heading into the 4 p.m. ET trade deadline on Tuesday, the Patriots have been actively refining their roster — flipping defensive end Michael Bennett to the Dallas Cowboys, positioning for a release of wideout Josh Gordon and sending a second-round pick to the Atlanta Falcons for receiver Mohamed Sanu.