Colin Cowherd continues to be bullish on the Patriots especially after New England’s Week 8 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers.
And it’s led the FS1 host, who praised the team’s coaching, defense, special teams and building-offense, to believe the Patriots should add before Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline.
Cowherd even expressed how the Patriots should target one specific player — Los Angeles Rams wideout DeSean Jackson — and how it could make them a contender.
“All that’s missing for this team is a deep threat. And by the way, OBJ (Odell Beckham Jr.) and DeSean Jackson both could be moved by tomorrow at 1 (o’clock) our time,” Cowherd said on his show “The Herd” on Monday.
“I would strongly look at, if I was New England, at DeSean Jackson,” Cowherd continued. “They’ve got enough possession guys. They have the coach, the special teams, the quarterback. He (Mac Jones) throws a beautiful deep ball, we saw it at Alabama. DeSean Jackson wants out of the Rams and well-coached teams, we’ve always said this, they get better like a well-run business over time, block by block. It’s masonry.”
Cowherd offered his thoughts on the AFC, a conference he seems to think has a lack of championship-caliber teams.
“You start looking around the AFC, I mean we know Buffalo’s good… but there’s a lot of ‘Ehh I don’t know if I would trust them in a big spot,'” Cowherd said.
“New England now, the defense is a championship defense, the head coach is, the coordinator is, the run game is, the special teams, the offensive line,” he added. “They need a vertical dimension to this offense and they’re a team you want no business playing in the playoffs.”
Jackson has asked to be traded by the Rams, and LA seems willing to grant his request and send him to a better situation.
We’ll find out if and where the veteran speedster goes Tuesday.
