Bennett digesting sudden journeyman lifestyle: 'I feel nomadic'

Michael Bennett is headed to his third team in as many seasons, leaving the veteran defensive end suddenly feeling like a journeyman following years of stability.

"I'm still trying to get everything together," the three-time Pro Bowler told Maddie Covino of The Change-Up after learning of his impending trade to the New England Patriots. "It's a little bit overwhelming because there are so many different moving parts. The family, everything is just, I've been so stationary and all of a sudden it's just like, I feel nomadic. I feel like the Berber tribe in Morocco: I'm pitching tent anywhere."

Bennett is expected to be dealt to the Patriots from the Philadelphia Eagles when the NFL begins processing trades Wednesday, the first day of the new league year.

He was traded to the Eagles from the Seattle Seahawks last offseason, where he had been for five seasons.

In New England, he'll join a team looking to make a fourth consecutive Super Bowl run. Bennett posted 34 tackles and nine sacks in his lone campaign with the Eagles.

"I feel it's an iconic person I get to play with, (quarterback) Tom Brady, and the rest of the organization," Bennett said. "So I guess I can look forward to that, it's just a little bit different. I wasn't, I don't really know if I was really ready for all of that."

The trade of Bennett to New England instantly sparked reports that his younger brother, Martellus, could come out of retirement to rejoin the Patriots.

Martellus Bennett played tight end on the Patriots team that captured Super Bowl LI. He returned to New England for a brief stint in 2017 after starting that season with the Green Bay Packers.