You know what Tom Brady needs? Another weapon, said nobody. Yet, the New England Patriots front office tried to acquire that earlier this year when they offered up linebacker Jamie Collins to the Houston Texans in effort to trade for Pro Bowl wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins.
Hopkins of course had a bit of a down year thanks to the sub-par quarterback carousal in Clutch City, but remains one of the elite wideouts in the NFL.
The two juiciest: The Patriots asked for frustrated receiver DeAndre Hopkins in a potential trade for Collins — offensive building block in need of an extension for defensive building block in need of an extension. That was a non-starter for the Texans, even with Hopkins battling uneven quarterback play.
The other offer the Patriots spent weeks researching: Veteran cornerback Johnathan Joseph for Collins. New England loves him. Though intriguing, Joseph is so valuable to Houston that the team would not part with him.
Pretty crazy to imagine Hopkins catching passes from Brady, considering the former NFL MVP hasn’t had that type of a deep weapon at his disposal since Randy Moss.
Sadly for Pats Nation, the trade didn’t go through and Collins was eventually shipped to the Cleveland Browns for a far lesser return.
