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Adam Schaefter, how we doing this week?

What's going on, guys? How are we doing?

We are dealing with the aftermath of no trade, so I'll start there.

From everything you heard or ascertained, why do you think the Patriots didn't make any moves yesterday?

Because there were not any moves to be made from their perspective.

They feel like they're building a roster around Drake May,

and they'd like to, obviously, have that roster be as strong as possible.

You're not going to make moves, just to make moves.

You want to make sure that the right moves at the right time.

And they could have used certain players in certain spots.

It wouldn't have hurt to get another defensive back.

It wouldn't have hurt to get another offensive back.

It wouldn't have hurt to get another running back.

But I think that they just felt like the value wasn't there.

I think they checked it on various things.

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