"They should have enough in-house to get where we all thought they might be able to get to in 2021, and that's the playoffs. "To me, the Patriots didn't necessarily need to make a trade," Curran said. Was missing out Fuller necessarily a bad thing, though - especially after New England's secondary held up in a Week 8 win over Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers? Who could Patriots face at QB this weekend if Darnold can't suit up? But again, they just ate a bagful on Von Miller." "He's on a $9 million base salary this year, so you've got to have $4.5 (million)-ish to be able to take him on unless the Broncos are willing to eat money. But he wasn't traded today, and I think part of that is because he's pretty expensive. The Broncos have been looking to trade this guy. "Kyle Fuller was one of the more expensive guys who was pretty clearly out there.
"The Patriots were probably limited in any trades they could have made because they're pretty tight up against it in terms of their salary cap," Perry said. Biggest winners and losers from 2021 NFL trade deadline
So, the Broncos would have had to pay a significant portion of Fuller's deal to make a trade work - which they may have been less inclined to do after agreeing to pay $9 million of Miller's $9.7 million salary this season.
Fuller is making $9.5 million this season, though, and New England has under $3 million in cap space after its busy offseason.
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