Defensive tackle Davon Godchaux was granted permission to seek a trading from New England Patriots, reported NFL Network on Wednesday.
The team signed Godchaux to a two -year, $ 18 million contract extension in July. However, Godchaux’s role can be reduced in the new head coach Mike Vrabel’s defensive system.
By 2025, Godchaux is due to a base salary of $ 4 million, while he has a hat of $ 8.3 million and a deadly value of $ 10.67 million per Spotrac.
Godchaux, 30, has started every match for the patriots for the past three seasons. He has 429 tackling-20 for loss and 5.5 bags in 120 career games (109 starts) for Miami Dolphins (2017-20) and Patriots. The previous fifth round also has 26 quarterback hits.
The report comes in the midst of questions about the return of Christian Barmore, which was limited to four matches in 2024 due to blood clots. Vrabel said it was “too early to tell” about Barmore’s status.
“There will be a check for where he is medical as we go closer to April,” Vrabel told reporters at Scouting Combine. “But he seems to have the energy and the attitude that would be exciting to work with.”
Barmore was diagnosed with blood clots in July and returned to play four matches late in the season before he had a relapse and landed him on the non-football disease list.
General Manager Eliot Wolf said that the patriots “do not know for sure yet” about Barmore’s status 2025.
“One we know is that he is training in Tampa right now and it is going really well from the reports we have received. He does everything in his power,” Wolf said. “He wants to play football, and that’s one of the things I’ve always admired about Christian is how passionate he is. He doesn’t want to let anyone fight. And he is passionate about getting back in the field.”
Barmore, 25, signed a four -year, $ 83 million contract in April last year.
The 6-foot-5, 315 pounds of Barmore Pacade Patriots with a career high 8.5 bags in 17 matches (six starts) in 2023, and also put career heights in tackles (64), quarterback hits (16) and passport divisions (six).
Barmore has recorded 12.5 bags, 32 QB hits and 133 tackles in 44 career games (11 starts).
Many of the best defensive lines told reporters that they have had formal interviews with Vrabel and Wolf this week at Combine in Indianapolis or plan that before the event ends.
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