Eliot Wolf of the New England Patriots has expressed openness to trading their 31st overall pick in the upcoming NFL Draft. With a total of 11 picks, the Patriots are in a strong position to negotiate moves up in the draft order.
New England Patriots executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf
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The New England Patriots have the 31st overall pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, but they have 11 picks in total, which gives them plenty of ammo to move around the board.
Eliot Wolf has noted multiple times that he is open to making a trade to move up in the first round. However, with the 31st overall pick, it's likely the Patriots could be getting calls from teams looking to move up from their second-round pick into the backend of the first round. Picking a player in the first round grants the team a fifth-year option, which is why teams could be looking to trade back into the first round.
Moving up is certainly an option for the Patriots, but it seems more likely they will move down if they move at all. Wolf spoke on where talks about trading the 31st overall pick are at right now.
"I've already heard that there's ā no one's called us yet, but I've already heard that there's teams that have been calling around looking to move up," Wolf told reporters on Monday. "Kind of more on the front end of the draft, but I think we'll just kind of continue to monitor it and see what happens."
Wolf remains open to making a trade, but made sure to note that he has not received any calls yet. That's not strange. Teams that would be looking to trade back into the first round are waiting to see how the board falls to determine how high a pick they need to trade up to.
As far as trading up, the Patriots would have to give up a haul to move up significantly in the draft. No team picking early will want to drop to No. 31 without a massive return. However, the Patriots could package some of their picks to move up a few spots on draft day.
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The 31st overall pick allows the Patriots to potentially trade with teams looking to enter the first round, which offers the advantage of a fifth-year option on drafted players.
The New England Patriots have a total of 11 picks in the upcoming NFL Draft.
Teams are interested in trading up to the backend of the first round to secure players who come with a fifth-year option, providing more flexibility for their roster management.
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