FOXBOROUGH - The Patriots have the money. They have the cap space. And they are willing to part with top draft capital.

So why can’t the Patriots just go out and do whatever it takes to land Terry McLaurin, Micah Parsons, Trey Hendrickson and or whoever their heart desires in a trade?

Patriots VP of player personnel Ryan Cowden was asked that question Tuesday.

Both Cowden and Eliot Wolf, the team’s executive VP of player personnel, say it’s not as easy as some people may think to pull off a deal.

“I think Eliot (Wolf) put it in a good (way) yesterday,” Cowden said. “There’s so many layers and complications and little nuances about every deal. Whether that’s a little deal, whether that’s a big deal or it’s a backup player or maybe an elite player.

“Our job is to constantly come up

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