In the aftermath of to sign following his release from the , the are remaking their wide receiver room on the fly -- a proce s that now involves a rare intra-division trade. Brown is in. Veteran receiver and newcomer is out and en route to New York to join the .According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, in a move that reunites Thomas with Adam Gase -- Thomas' offensive coordinator in Denver.Bill Belichick has now made at least one trade with every team in the NFL. The Hanley Ramirez Jersey NYJ were the only ones with whom he hadn't dealt since taking over as HC in 2000. Erik Scalavino (@E_Scal) The Patriots trading Demaryius Thomas to the Jets is the first deal between the organizations since New England sent a package of picks, including a first-rounder, to New York in exchange for the rights to hire Bill Belichick as their head coach in 2000. CBS Sports HQ Johnny Pesky Jersey (@CBSSportsHQ) As Schefter noted, After , Thomas -- and . Now, three days after the Patriots signed Brown and two days after their season-opening win over the , Thomas is heading to New York to join an 0-1 team that is facing a must-win game against the on Monday night.The Patriots are obviously equipped to carry on without Thomas. They just added Brown to a receiver group that also includes the recently reinstated , the always dependable , (95 yards and two touchdowns on Sunday night), (on IR, but can return) , , and (PUP list). David Price Jersey They're more than fine at receiver. The Patriots are obviously fine with sending receiver help to the Jets considering just how big the gap is between them and all three of their AFC East rivals. In Thomas, the Jets are getting a veteran receiver who was prolific during his 8.5-year stay in Denver (9,055 yards and 60 touchdowns), but is on the downslope of his career. With the Broncos and Texans last season, Thomas caught 59 pa ses for 677 yards and five touchdowns, and that was before Thomas tore his Achilles at the end of the season. The concerns about his ability to be productive at David Ortiz Jersey this stage of his career are legitimate.Thomas joins a receiver room that's led by , , and . During the Jets' season-opening lo s to the , after which , Crowder led the team with 14 catches and 99 yards, but the Jets' pa sing game was mostly ineffective. Second-year quarterback averaged only 4.3 yards per attempt. As a whole, Gase's offense averaged only 3.4 yards per play against a great Bills defense.The Jets will eventually be aided by the return of tight end , who is . Until then, Thomas could help the Jets as a po se sion type of receiver in the short to immediate areas of the field -- areas that Gase loves to target, often times to a fault. Thomas , but was inactive for the Patriots in Week 1. It remains to be seen if he' Joe Kelly Jersey ll be able to catch on quickly enough to dre s for the Jets in Week 2, but given his familiarity with Gase's offense, it shouldn't be ruled out.
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