The Patriots have thrown a lot of lines in the water without landing the big fish they need at receiver. They’ve pursued Brandon Aiyuk, Calvin Ridley, Deebo Samuel, Cooper Kupp, Chris Godwin and DK Metcalf, and despite lucrative contract offers, they each swiped left.

With contract negotiations at an impasse, Washington Commanders star wide receiver Terry McLaurin requested to be traded, team and league sources told The Athletic. McLaurin, 29, has been seeking a new deal with the team for months,

The first week of training camp for the New England Patriots is in the books, and while the team has only scratched the surface of the preseason work, enough has happened to get a general sense of where some players currently stand.

Training camps have kicked off around the NFL, and our team reporters are on the ground each day following all the action. The New England Patriots' camp is taking place at Gillette Stadium and Patriots reporter Mike Reiss has the latest intel on standouts,

FOXBORO, Mass. — There’s little sugarcoating the poor results of the New England Patriots’ last three draft classes (Drake Maye not withstanding). Good teams land four or five starters in each draft class, and the Pats are significantly behind pace in recent years, which is essentially why they’ve fallen to the depths of back-to-back 4-13 seasons.