Brandon Aiyuk commerce talks heated up Monday night time, and the Patriots nonetheless are within the working.
New England and the Cleveland Browns have labored out a framework for a deal to accumulate the star broad receiver from the San Francisco 49ers, based on NBC Sports activities Bay Space’s Matt Maiocco. The reported deal would have the Patriots commerce Kendrick Bourne to San Fran together with a bundle of undisclosed draft picks. The rumored talks additionally included a contract extension, and it is as much as the 26-year-old wideout to determine which deal he prefers.
The Patriots reportedly made a commerce supply to the Niners again when Aiyuk requested a commerce, however San Francisco rejected the cope with the optimism it may retain him. A second-round choose was included in that deal, although it wasn’t specified what 12 months the choose was in. And it additionally included a contract extension Aiyuk has been in search of this offseason.
This framework stays unchanged, and the deal the Patriots are understanding with the Niners remains to be the identical, based on NFL insider Josina Anderson on Monday. It is a deal New England reportedly has been engaged on for months, and ESPN’s Mike Reiss added Tuesday that it is been a “gradual course of” from its finish.
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New England will proceed to play the ready recreation and hope Aiyuk chooses it. The Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly are out of the working for the broad receiver, so the Patriots may have one much less suitor to fret about.