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It’s been nearly a decade since the New England Patriots fleeced the Detroit Lions by acquiring Kyle Van Noy. Now, ESPN is floating a trade that would return the favor. On Monday, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell proposed a series of trades across the league that made sense.

ESPN analyst Bill Barnwell is putting together trade proposals for several teams ahead of cutdown day and the Detroit Lions and New England Patriots were included on the list. Here's the deal Barnwell proposes.

The New England Patriots are reportedly poking around the trade market with two players seemingly hitting the trade block just days away from the league roster cutdown date. According to ESPN insider Jeremy Fowler, teams around the league consider Patriots offensive tackles Vederian Lowe and Demontrey Jacobs potentially available for trade.

The NFL’s roster cutdown deadline is nearly here, and the Patriots have some work to do to reach the 53-player limit by Tuesday at 4 p.m. The Patriots got a jump on things by cutting 14 players Friday,