Overview

• At 4-2 and leading the AFC East, New England is positioned as a buyer with the deadline less than three weeks away.
• ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano report that team executives have pegged the Patriots as candidates to add a running back.
• Alvin Kamara and Breece Hall are frequently mentioned targets, though Ian Rapoport reports the Saints are not expected to trade Kamara and an in-division deal for Hall is unlikely.
• The run game has cratered to 73 yards on 31 carries in Week 6, with rankings of 32nd in EPA and success rate per rush, and PFF grades placing Rhamondre Stevenson and TreVeyon Henderson near the bottom; Antonio Gibson is out for the season.
• Media speculation has also floated a Derrick Henry trade concept involving draft capital and Rhamondre Stevenson, but such a move remains hypothetical and cost-dependent.