Report: Patriots’ Trent Brown ‘overtly mentioned plans’ to play for one more staff in 2024

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Trent Brown’s time in New England is probably going coming to a detailed after getting wholesome scratched final Sunday.

It stays to be seen if Invoice Belichick might be teaching from one other sideline in 2024.

However one factor does appear to be sure this offseason — Trent Brown might be on the transfer.

Brown reportedly has not shied away from letting his discontent with the Patriots’ group be heard, in accordance with a far-reaching article from The Boston Herald’s Andrew Callahan and Doug Kyed chronicling the dysfunction that performed into the 2023 Patriots’ downfall.

“In December, forward of the staff’s highway finale, [Bill] Belichick dominated out beginning left sort out Trent Brown as a wholesome scratch,” Callahan and Kyed wrote. “Brown had handled knee and ankle accidents in late October, and had his thoughts on free company. After a stunning upset at Pittsburgh, Brown overtly mentioned plans to play for an NFC staff within the staff locker room.”

Sunday’s healthy-scratch designation for Brown in opposition to the Payments had main fiscal penalties. According to @Patscap, the veteran sort out won’t earn any of his $6.5 million in playing-time incentives after lacking that sport in Buffalo.

Kyed reported on Sunday that New England has had points with maintaining Brown motivated since he misplaced cash through enjoying time incentives. Mike Giardi of Boston Sports activities Journal added extra perception into Brown’s standing inside New England’s locker room that very same day.

“Internally, I’m instructed, there was perception Brown might have returned earlier than (Week 12) and didn’t,” Giardi wrote. “The idea was that he was defending himself and his future earnings in a season with out the promise of a postseason. With the variety of gamers on the roster who had been enjoying by means of accidents — together with these on the offensive line — evidently, that hasn’t gone over very nicely.”

When wholesome and engaged, Brown has the skillset to anchor an O-line as an elite left sort out. However the 30-year-old veteran has been removed from a positive wager this season, particularly after getting hampered by a number of accidents throughout New England’s loss to the Dolphins on Oct. 29.

Even when Brown and the Patriots didn’t reportedly burn any bridges this season, a case may be made that Brown’s unreliability makes him a free agent not price investing in with a large contract this winter.

However primarily based on these newest stories, it looks like the Patriots received’t must weigh such a choice within the coming months.