With the fresh news of future hall of gamer Rob Gronkowski retiring along with the departure of Dwayne Allen to the Miami Dolphins, the New England Patriots have a glaring need at tight end. Having effective and talented tight ends is key to the success of the Patriots offense in the last decade. It just so happens that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have two very capable tight ends in veteran Cameron Brate and the former 19th overall pick O.J. Howard.
Is Brate expendable to the Bucs? If Tampa Bay were to trade Brate, it would clear up roughly $7 million in cap space, and more importantly bring in draft assets and free up more targets for Howard, who is on the brink of stardom.