Kendrick Bourne has seen a reduced role in New England this season, and it sounds like the Patriots wideout may be on the trade block. According to Armando Salguero of OutKick.com, Bourne is “available for the right price.”
Following the offseason acquisition DeVante Parker (and, to a lesser extent, the second-round selection of Tyquan Thornton), the Patriots were eyeing a crowded receivers room heading into the 2022 campaign, and the team’s depth at the position meant someone was going to lose out on snaps. Through the first six weeks of the season, that’s been Bourne. The 27-year-old is firmly behind Parker and Jakobi Meyers when it comes to snaps, and he’s now competing with Thornton and veteran Nelson Agholor for any leftover reps.
The receiver only saw a pair of offensive snaps in Week 1. He’s seen an increased role in recent weeks, including a Week 5 outing where he got into 57 percent of his team’s offensive snaps (thanks in part to the absence of Meyers). However, that was followed up by a Week 6 contest where he was limited to only six percent of New England’s offensive snaps. Through six games (one start), Bourne has hauled in 11 receptions for 156 yards.
This is a significant drop from last season, where Bourne emerged as one of Mac Jones‘ favorite targets. After joining the Patriots in the offseason, the wideout proceeded to have a career season, finishing with 55 receptions for 800 yards and five touchdowns. While the team’s crowded WR room has certainly played a role in Bourne’s reduced role, Salguero writes that the wideout’s inconsistency at practice has “gotten him into some trouble” with coaches, particularly offensive play-caller Matt Patricia. It’s usually tough to get out of Bill Belichick’s doghouse, so a trade may ultimately be best for both sides.
Sure he’s a available but nobody wants him
ya what’s the right price? an 8th round pick?
Strange he had a good season last year and was a nice surprise in terms of production.
I agree, especially considering how unreliable Agholor can be. It doesn’t seem very Belichick to have Agholor receive so many snaps after seeing him drop some makeable catches and mess up on his routes a few times. I perhaps am missing something, but I recall Bourne playing well in the limited action he’s received this year. I get that his role has partially been subsumed by Parker, but Bourne seems more reliable to me than Agholor and would be my choice to retain, despite Agholor’s role as New England’s speed receiver.
Also hard to get out of the doghouse when you have the teacher’s pet poisoning the HC against you but if Pats lose to Jets then things might change.
Green Bay anyone
Bourne should be the #4 WR. They should trade (or not activate) Ahgolor.
Problem is nobody wants Agholor. He’s not good
Isn’t everyone available for the right price?
His annual salary is only $3M. Given the crazy cost for average WR’s, doesn’t that make Bourne valuable? I like him better than Agholor, but nobody will take agholor’s contract. Bourne’s contract is very team friendly and acquiring him comes at a cost to the buyer. I suspect it’ll be a 3rd or 4th round pick.
New England and Bill Belicheat and his minions is where wide outs go to end their careers. Randy Moss being the exception
Name one.
I was really hoping the Bourne link would show a picture of Matt Damon.
Belicheat, that’s awesome. Did mommy help you make that up?
Nah. He’s channeling Don Shula. Sounds like something from an old dead guy though, doesn’t it?
It’s good to see that children playing on Internet chatrooms may be brain dead, but Boston2AZ has proven that they can still type and hit the Enter key.
A real friggin’ scientific marvel, that Boston2AZ.