Overview
- The trade was reported Saturday and sends a 2028 seventh-round pick to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for Corey Kiner.
- Kiner, a 24-year-old who went undrafted in 2025, has four NFL games on his résumé with 12 carries for 58 yards and previous practice‑squad stints in San Francisco and Minnesota.
- Arizona created the chance to move Kiner after adding backs this offseason and waiving Trey Benson with an injury designation, leaving Kiner expendable on the eve of final roster cuts.
- New England made the low-cost trade partly to avoid waiver risk because the Patriots sit near the bottom of waiver priority after their Super Bowl LX run, and Kiner is expected to compete for the RB3 role behind Rhamondre Stevenson and TreVeyon Henderson.
- The move illustrates a common cutdown‑day pattern where teams swap future late-round picks to lock up young players who showed college production but have limited NFL reps and might otherwise be claimed on waivers.