NFL Rumors: Patriots interested in signing Reggie Wayne

By Josh Hill | Aug 23, 2015

Jan 11, 2015; Denver, CO, USA; Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne on the sidelines in the fourth quarter against the Denver Broncos in the 2014 AFC Divisional playoff football game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The Colts defeated the Broncos 24-13. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /

The New England Patriots are interested in signing Reggie Wayne in the ultimate troll move aimed at the Colts.

While the New England Patriots are waiting for a final ruling in the Tom Brady DeflateGate suspension case, the team is hard at work behind the scenes to both remedy the potential loss of their star quarterback and get back at those who have wronged them.

In this case, all of these things apply to the Indianapolis Colts, whom everyone believes tipped the NFL off to the DeflateGate scandal and thus gave birth to the wildest scandal in NFL history. The Patriots can’t directly strike the Colts in the offseason, but they can pester them by doling out a hilarious troll in the form of signing a former franchise star.

According to Adam Schefter from ESPN.com, the Patriots and Reggie Wayne are meeting this weekend in Foxboro.

So Reggie Wayne is in Foxboro, league sources tell ESPN....Because the Patriots-Colts rivalry needed just a little more juice.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 23, 2015

IF there was a place for Wayne to sign, New England seems to be that place. Not only would he add depth to the receiving corps, but it’s the ultimate troll for the Patriots to throw at the Colts over this whole DeflateGate nonsense.

Signing Wayne doesn’t erase the effects of DeflateGate, but it does make a lot of football sense for New England. On the one hand, Jimmy Garoppolo will have an extra veteran weapon to work with if he indeed has to start the season at quarterback for the Patriots.

What it also does is gives Tom Brady a weapon to make up ground with when he comes back from suspension — and doing so with a former Colts legend is an epic troll. This, of course, sets up a potentially meaningful game between the Patriots and Colts coming down to the use of Wayne — which is something the Patriots are praying hard to the football Gods happens.

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