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Top executive Eliot Wolf doesn't think having a No. 1 receiver is a prerequisite for the Patriots to win football games in the NFL.
What is a No. 1 wide receiver to the New England Patriots? Not a dire necessity.
The Patriots had a No. 1 receiver in 2025 — Stefon Diggs. New England decided to release their No.
1 receiver on March 11, leaving them with a pass-catching unit now led by Kayshon Boutte and Mack Hollins at the position. Boutte, nor Hollins, approximate the yardage that Diggs leaves behind. According to WEEI’s Tom Carroll, Patriots executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf stated that New England does not view having a true No.
1 wide receiver as a dire necessity to win. “…The whole idea of the No. 1 receiver, how many of them are there in the NFL?