FOXBORO — The Patriots have already engaged the market for wide receiver help.



With an injury-depleted corps and an offense that could use an injection, they’ll almost certainly enhance those efforts before the Oct. 29 trade deadline. It might even help the cause that Bill Belichick and Nick Caserio have a couple long weekends to work the phones on the heels of their 35-14 Thursday night victory against the Giants and prior to their upcoming Monday night rematch with the Jets.



There isn’t exactly a surplus of answers to the wide receiver question around the league, but there is enough stock for the Patriots to see it through. They want a wide receiver in the wake of the Antonio Brown disaster, and they’ll remain in search of a levelheaded trade partner.



The latter point is a necessary part of the equation. It’s one thing to ask Santa for a new wide receiver. It’s another when Santa rips off his mask and reveals himself as...