The Patriots have gauged the trade market for Kony Ealy, sources tell Tom Pelissero of NFL.com (on Twitter). Ealy reportedly hasn’t lived up to expectations this offseason and Pelissero says he’s someone to keep an eye on in tonight’s preseason game as the Patriots evaluate their options. 
The Pats acquired Ealy in a trade with the Panthers that saw them move down from the No. 64 pick in the second round to the No. 72 selection in the third round. The hope was that Ealy would fill the pass rushing void left by Rob Ninkovich‘s retirement. Instead, the 25-year-old has been running with the second string unit.
It makes sense that the Patriots would consider moving on from Ealy considering his shaky performance this summer, but the Patriots are paper thin in the pass rush department after losing rookie Derek Rivers to a torn ACL. If the Patriots were to dump Ealy, they’d likely promote Lawrence Guy to the starting bookend opposite Trey Flowers, leaving fourth-round pick Deatrich Wise as the first DE off of the bench. If the Patriots trade Ealy, they better have their next course of action already mapped out.
Ealy is slated to make just $800K in 2017 and his salary is not guaranteed.
Guys who play off pure athletic ability often can not stick with the Pats… hope we get a 4th or 5th round pick
That’s still a solid trade for them since they moved back only 8 spots.
The sooner the better. Hopefully they are able to get someone in that can learn the play book really fast. Sad that it looks like it’s not going to work out.
Cowboys?
Latest insider buzz has a trade between the Packers/Patriots involving Randall Cobb and Kony Ealy and a third round pick to the Packers in 2018.
Fake news Buzz, since Ealy was cut… and why would GB trade Cobb???