:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72068786/1452191358.0.jpg "Jonnu Smith trade rumors: Patriots trading TE to Falcons for 7th round pick, per report")
The New England Patriots are trading tight end Jonnu Smith to the Atlanta Falcons for a seventh-round pick, per Ian Rapoport. If the deal gets done, the Patriots will save $4,418,529 in cap space and carry $12,810,000 in dead money. Smith is owed $10 million in base salary and $1 million in roster bonus money in 2023, and $11 million in base salary and $1 million in roster bonus money in 2024.
Smith joined the Patriots in 2021 when he signed a four-year, $50 million deal. In 2021, he caught 28 passes for 294 yards and a touchdown. In 2022, he caught 27 passes for 245 yards and no scores.
He joins a Falcons squad that has Kyle Pitts at tight end. Of course, Pitts is a much more versatile weapon than just a tight end, so this would be a broader move toward some position-less football for the Falcons.