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Trade

Panthers receive:
Patriots 3rd round pick (67th overall)

Patriots receive:
C Josh Sitton (90 overall, 32 years old)

The Panthers will incur a $1.33 mil cap penalty to wipe out a $6.62 mil cap hit

The Patriots will assume a $5.29 mil cap hit

The Panthers are deep in the negative cap space. While Sitton was arguably their second-best OL, the Panthers re-signed David Andrews who performed great for them to a much lower cap hit, so they felt comfortable departing with Sitton to help their financial situation. They get back a Top 100 pick after parting with several during the previous season.

The Patriots have plenty of cap space and on a stacked OL, they had a hole at LG. Sitton does have an inconsistent history, but he has played his best football the past three seasons to the tune of 181 blocks against 10 sacks allowed. While Sitton has only played C, if he's even half as efficient at G, he would still be an elite interior OL.

The Pats and Panthers understood the trade parameters, financial impact, Sitton's history, and presumably what both teams hoped to achieve. This trade is now official.