[FONT="]Jack Mills may have been stretching the truth.
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[FONT="]Mills, Baker Mayfield's agent, said the New England Patriots were interested in a trade with the New York Giants for the No. 2 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Of course, this was only if Mayfield was not picked at No. 1 by the Cleveland Browns.
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Andrew Brandt
✔@AndrewBrandt
From podcast with Jack Mills, agent for @bakermayfield: "We knew that the Jets at 3 was the bottom line. We had another team that said 'you may get a big surprise on draft day at number two if he is available.' And that team was... the Patriots": http://www.andrew-brandt.com.php56-26.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com/
10:37 AM - May 1, 2018
[FONT="]However, it seems that may not have been a consideration for the Patriots.
[FONT="]"That grain of salt is exactly what it is, a grain of salt. It never happened," Giants vice president of player evaluation Chris Mara told SiriusXM's Mad Dog Sport Radio on Friday.
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[FONT="]Mara said they did get phone calls from teams to make a trade, but "the Patriots weren't one of them."
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[FONT="]The Patriots did select LSU's quarterback Danny Etling in the seventh round. He was one of their eight draft selections.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Mills, Baker Mayfield's agent, said the New England Patriots were interested in a trade with the New York Giants for the No. 2 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Of course, this was only if Mayfield was not picked at No. 1 by the Cleveland Browns.
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Andrew Brandt
✔@AndrewBrandt
From podcast with Jack Mills, agent for @bakermayfield: "We knew that the Jets at 3 was the bottom line. We had another team that said 'you may get a big surprise on draft day at number two if he is available.' And that team was... the Patriots": http://www.andrew-brandt.com.php56-26.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com/
10:37 AM - May 1, 2018
[FONT="]However, it seems that may not have been a consideration for the Patriots.
[FONT="]"That grain of salt is exactly what it is, a grain of salt. It never happened," Giants vice president of player evaluation Chris Mara told SiriusXM's Mad Dog Sport Radio on Friday.
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[FONT="]Mara said they did get phone calls from teams to make a trade, but "the Patriots weren't one of them."
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[FONT="]The Patriots did select LSU's quarterback Danny Etling in the seventh round. He was one of their eight draft selections.[/FONT]
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