According to NFL Insider Jordan Schultz, the Patriots have been open to trading Dugger. Dugger signed a four-year contract worth $58 million just last offseason and that deal is going to be a big piece of this. Trading him would save the Patriots $10.76 million in cap space for the 2025 season and another $8 million for next season.

Cincinnati signed Noah Fant last month after he was released by the Seahawks. They brought in guard Dalton Risner for a visit this week. They've been proactive. It wouldn't be shocking if they looked for a proven safety—and Dugger certainly fits that description.

The New England Patriots may look to move on from safety Kyle Dugger ahead of the 2025 NFL season. According to Andrew Callahan of The Boston Herald, Dugger is available for trade, and the team even offered the veteran defender in trade talks to at least one other team.

There's no guarantee New England Patriots returning starter Kyle Dugger will trot out with the first-teamer to begin the season. Mike Vrabel confirmed Wednesday that the veteran safety has been relegated to reps with the 2s while recovering from offseason ankle surgery that perhaps has stunted his development against others vying for snaps.

Kyle Dugger has fell down the depth chat for the Patriots, and there's a chance he could be on the trade block.

Tom E. Curran, Andrew Callahan, and Trenni Casey discuss Kyle Dugger's decline, Anfernee Jennings' play, and what the roster reveals about Eliot WolfIs Kyle Dugger's time in New England coming to an end?

Multiple Boston sources project the New England Patriots cutting multi-year starting safety Kyle Dugger, despite Wolf saying he has a role.