{"id":1019988,"date":"2026-10-06T08:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1019988\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T08:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:15:21","slug":"mike-vrabel-hints-at-potential-move-for-patriots-to-acquire-wide-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1019988\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Vrabel hints at potential move for Patriots to acquire wide receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOXBORO \u2014 The Patriots are getting low on healthy wide receivers, which could precipitate a move ahead of Week 5\u2019s matchup with the Raiders.<\/p>\n

A.J. Brown is already on injured reserve<\/a> with a high ankle sprain, and Mack Hollins is at risk of missing practice time with a calf injury<\/a> suffered in the Patriots\u2019 Week 4 win over the Bills.<\/p>\n

Head coach Mike Vrabel was asked if the team would look into adding another receiver.<\/p>\n

\u201cSure. Anybody that can help us. We\u2019ll go explore in here shortly,\u201d Vrabel said.<\/p>\n

Romeo Doubs, DeMario Douglas, Efton Chism and Kyle Williams are the current healthy options on the 53-man roster, while the team has Cameron Dorner, Kyle Dixon and Chandler Brayboy on the practice squad.<\/p>\n

Dorner and Dixon both had impressive moments in training camp and the preseason and could be in line for an elevation for Week 5.<\/p>\n

It seems doubtful that the Patriots would make a major move for a wideout, but it has been rumored that Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. could be available in a trade. The 2024 fourth overall pick has just five catches for 85 yards in four games. ESPN\u2019s Dan Graziano also recently wrote<\/a> that Browns wide receiver Jerry Jeudy is a trade candidate.<\/p>\n

The Patriots traded wide receiver Kayshon Boutte to the Texans for safety Jaylen Reed and a seventh-round pick before the season began.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOXBORO \u2014 The Patriots are getting low on healthy wide receivers, which could precipitate a move ahead of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1019989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[4955,833,839,7,838,1167,249,2326,2094,6,15,835,61050,208,107497,43714,112574,19972,112575,834,61051,61052,80497,724,837,505],"class_list":["post-1019988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-england-patriots","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-drake-maye","tag-eliot-wolf","tag-football","tag-mike-vrabel","tag-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-newengland","tag-newenglandpatriots","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-nfl-news","tag-nfl-patriots","tag-patriots","tag-patriots-2026","tag-patriots-free-agency","tag-patriots-free-agents","tag-patriots-game","tag-patriots-moves","tag-patriots-news","tag-patriots-schedule","tag-patriots-stats","tag-patriots-trades","tag-pats","tag-robert-kraft","tag-super-bowl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117392973762278696","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1019989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}