{"id":16158,"date":"2025-03-03T15:17:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T15:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=16158"},"modified":"2025-03-03T15:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T15:17:44","slug":"breaking-news-former-nfl-star-advises-patriots-to-make-this-huge-draft-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=16158","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Former NFL Star Advises Patriots To Make This Huge Draft Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2017315\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/03\/Travis-Hunter.jpg?w=480&amp;h=270&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Patriots Draft Profile: Do Measurements Matter For Will Campbell?\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Patriots currently hold a great first-round draft spot, but one former NFL star believes New England should look into the possibility of claiming an even better position.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Vrabel and company currently are the only team inside the top four of the 2025 draft order that absolutely does not need a quarterback. The Patriots do, however, badly need an infusion of high-end talent, and Travis Hunter would check that box with flying colors.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a chance Hunter won\u2019t still be on the board at No. 4, though, so Keyshawn Johnson believes the Patriots should take a big swing to ensure they land the dual-threat phenom. Such a trade, as Johnson outlined on FS1\u2019s \u201cSpeak,\u201d could be a win for all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew England would be a perfect situation to move up to one, drop down to four if I\u2019m Tennessee,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cTake my shot that Cleveland and the Giants are going to take them one, two. Now, I still get one of the two at four and I get picks if I\u2019m the Tennessee Titans. The New England Patriots and Vrabel get exactly what they want: a playmaker in Travis Hunter. They don\u2019t need a quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Browns arguably represent the greatest wild card in the top four of the draft order. While Johnson believes Cleveland won\u2019t select a quarterback with its top pick, a prominent NFL insider on Sunday reported there\u2019s \u201coverwhelming belief\u201d around the league that the Browns will stay at No. 2 and take either Cam Ward or Sheduer Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>And if Cleveland does, indeed, take a prospect to replace Deshaun Watson, the Patriots might be able to land Hunter without trading up for him.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former No. 1 overall pick believes the New England Patriots should swing for the fences and make this monster draft-day trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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