The ‘biggest disconnect’ that led to Patriots trading Matthew Judon to Falcons

The Patriots apparently don’t like face-to-face meetings.

Matthew Judon claimed the lack of an in-person meeting and poor communication led to New England ultimately trading him to the Falcons last week rather than a potential contract extension.

The star linebacker told NBC Sports Boston that he and his agents asked for a direct meeting, but those requests were not granted before the Patriots traded him for a 2025 third-round pick.

“I don’t know. I feel like we just never sat down and really came to the table,” Judon said to the outlet. “I think that’s the biggest point. They kind of didn’t know where I was at. We kind of didn’t know where they was at. It was just always through text messages and phone calls, we just never sat down and actually talked about it. I think that was the biggest kind of disconnect.”

Judon is entering the last year of his contract with a base salary of $6.5 million, and the 32-year-old hoped to sign an extension with New England before the season started.

While they may not have had a face-to-face conversation to get to the heart of the matter, the sides had conversations about a possible extension or adding incentives to his deal, per ESPN.