Mike Vrabel could come calling the Titans at the NFL trade deadline based on Patriots insider’s latest intel

The Tennessee Titans have all the makings of a seller at the NFL’s Nov. 4th trade deadline next week, but the market is tough. GM Mike Borgonzi has already traded away two starting cornerbacks for mid-Day 3 pick swaps, and all eyes are on what he chooses to do with the rest of his roster.

One contender that surprised everybody this week by trading away a pair of assets was the Patriots, who shipped EDGE Keion White to 49ers and S Kyle Dugger to the Steelers. Both trades were 7th/6th Round pick swaps. But now one New England insider believes Mike Vrabel’s team will look to circle back as buyers before the deadline, and he may just come knocking on his old team’s door to do it.

Eliot Wolf is the Executive Vice President of Player Personnel in New England, the closest thing they have to a General Manager in title. But in practice, ever since head coach Mike Vrabel and his longtime deputies John “Stretch” Streicher and Ryan Cowden arrived in 2025, it hasn’t taken a genius to see who is winning the power struggle in that building. Vrabel had amassed significant powers beyond the scope of a mere head coach at the end of his run in Tennessee, and it was a significant part of why he got fired. When he took the New England job, a certain unspoken mandate was granted him by owner Bob Kraft. Everybody knows it.

That being said, the Patriots (Vrabel) appear to be shopping for help at two positions the Titans have tradable assets at. According to ESPN NFL Nation reporter Mike Reiss in a recent article, “Nothing would be a surprise, although the odds favor them adding instead of subtracting based on their first-place standing. Sources familiar with the team’s thinking said a running back and veteran pass rusher are the two most likely areas they will target. Now they have two extra sixth-round picks as compensation to potentially include in possible trades.”

Vrabel told media at a presser earlier this week that they were “gauging the market around the league” when it comes to potential acquisitions.

Well, if EDGE and RB is what you’re looking for, the Titans have some of those. I wrote this comprehensive Titans trade deadline piece that talks about the tradability of RB Tony Pollard and EDGEs Arden Key, Dre’Mont Jones, and Jihad Ward in greater detail linked here. In it, I projected the defenders to fetch a mid-Day 3 pick swap and Pollard to potentially fetch a late-Day 3 pick swap, if anything at all.

I also predicted one of the pass rushers eventually gets moved, and touched on the national reports such as this one that makes predicting Pollard’s fate really tricky. But if the Patriots are interested in any of these options, they have the picks to make it possible. New England currently has a multiple 4ths, a 5th, multiple 6ths. The Titans have a 5th, multiple 6ths, and a 7th. All the makings of a Day 3 pick swap or two are there, all it will take is Vrabel reaching out to his old team and a price being agreed upon.