Patriots traded TE AJ Derby to the Broncos for a 2017 5th round pick

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DougKyed
Wow, the Patriots traded TE AJ Derby to the Broncos, according to @AdamSchefter.
10/25/16, 1:21 PM

AdamSchefter
Broncos traded a 2017 draft to New England for TE AJ Derby, per source. espn.com/espn/now?nowId…
10/25/16, 1:20 PM

FieldYates
To add onto this: Denver is sending its 5th round pick in 2017 for Derby, per a league source. twitter.com/AdamSchefter/s…
10/25/16, 1:29 PM

 

[Mugsy's Walk-Off Bunt]

Fingers crossed for a pair of (conditional) 1st rounders!!!

Would love to see this flurry of trade activity result in the Pats trading a 4th or 5th for Cleveland's Joe Thomas.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Kind of odd why BB wanted to help out a rival, but Derby wasn't going to have a role here so good to get some value for him.

 

[Super Nomario]

A fifth? That's some voodoo math by Belichick there. Draft a guy in the sixth, stash him on IR for a year, play him in four games with zero catches, trade him for a fifth.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

I guess Julian is back to being the 3rd string QB

 

[Stitch01]

Well that explains why they did a trade with Denver, that's pretty good value.

 

[bankshot1]

First reaction: Does Macy tell Gimbels?

Dont know but i guess Bill sells to Elway for a 5th rounder.

 

[Mugsy's Walk-Off Bunt]

That's really, really good value. Give up a 4th for Bennett and we get a 5th for Derby???

Edit hit 6 instead of 5

 

[ShaneTrot]

Will they pick up another tight end? I don't believe Derby is much of a blocker and if you are a back up TE on the Pats that is job one. It certainly takes stones to trade with a team you are yet to play.

 

[dbn]

Denver should do some extreme vetting before giving him a playbook.

 

[Super Nomario]

Will they pick up another tight end? I don't believe Derby is much of a blocker and if you are a back up TE on the Pats that is job one. It certainly takes stones to trade with a team you are yet to play.

Fleming has been effective at times in that 6th OL / blocking TE role. He offers zero in the passing game, obviously, but they have two good receiving TEs. They can also line up Develin at TE or H-back.

 

[Pxer]

Denver should do some extreme vetting before giving him a playbook.

We won't be seeing much by way of designed trick plays being run against Denver. Bummer.

 

[Hoodie Sleeves]

Will they pick up another tight end? I don't believe Derby is much of a blocker and if you are a back up TE on the Pats that is job one. It certainly takes stones to trade with a team you are yet to play.

They traded him for a 5th. He's not good enough that playing him in the future should even come into the conversation.

 

[Mugsy's Walk-Off Bunt]

Didn't the Pats recently re-sign Glenn Gronkowski? Maybe he comes into play for a FB/H-back role and that kind of fills the gap?

 

[Vinho Tinto]

Give up a 4th for Bennett and we get a 5th for Derby???

One offset to the massive talent upgrade in Bennett is that he is a UFA after this season, while Derby is signed thru 2018 at a fraction of what Bennett is making this season.

 

[pappymojo]

One offset to the massive talent upgrade in Bennett is that he is a UFA after this season, while Derby is signed thru 2018 at a fraction of what Bennett is making this season.

I had read that next years draft is very deep at Tight End.