{"id":870717,"date":"2026-04-20T17:13:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870717\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:13:42","slug":"nfl-rumors-the-other-patriots-wr-trade-that-could-happen-besides-a-j-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870717\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL rumors: The other Patriots WR trade that could happen besides A.J. Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/nfl-stories\/nfl-rumors-adam-schefter-patriots-eagles-brown-trade-happening-but-when\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New England Patriots acquiring AJ Brown in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> after June 1 has been the NFL&#8217;s worst kept secret this offseason. However, it may not be the only trade involving the Patriots and a wide receiver that goes down.<\/p>\n<p>Teams around the league <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/2046258707651060007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">have begun showing interest<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/tag\/kayshon-boutte\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kayshon Boutte<\/a>, via NFL insider Jordan Schultz. As New England continues building their wide receiver room, Boutta could be the odd man out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA name that has come up in trade talks is #Patriots WR Kayshon Boutte, who is entering the final year of his contract, according to multiple league sources,\u201d Schultz wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Romeo Doubs coming in and the eventual AJ Brown trade, teams believe he could be available for the right price,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\/patriots-new-romeo-doubs-free-agency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patriots signed Romeo Doubs to a $68 million contract<\/a> to help lead their passing attack. If\/when New England does trade for Brown, those two will be the team&#8217;s top two receivers. Boutte has proven to be a playmaker and could still do damage catching passes from Drake Maye. But the Patriots may prefer to acquire future draft capital for his services.<\/p>\n<p>Over his three years in New England, Boutte has caught 78 passes for 1,159 yards and nine touchdowns. He set a new career-high with six touchdown receptions in 2025, making 33 grabs for 551 yards overall. Boutte has at least 550 receiving yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>When Brown arrives, assuming the Patriots actually trade for him, New England&#8217;s offense will look much, much different. In that scenario, and if the right offers arrives, Boutte may no longer be involved in those plans.<\/p>\n<p>The New England Patriots acquiring AJ Brown in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles after June 1 has been the NFL&#8217;s worst kept secret this offseason.  However, it may not be the only trade involving the Patriots and a wide receiver that goes down.  Teams around the league have begun showing interest in Kayshon Boutte, via NFL insider Jordan Schultz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots acquiring AJ Brown in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles after June 1 has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":870718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[5831,7,6306,1167,249,2326,2094,6,832,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-870717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-aj-brown","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kayshon-boutte","11":"tag-new-england","12":"tag-new-england-patriots","13":"tag-newengland","14":"tag-newenglandpatriots","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-rumors","17":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116438161561720807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870717","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=870717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}