Kampman is the obvious choice here. The problem is, who do you want to start for him? The only real elephant player we have to replace him would be Jeremy Thompson. I love the kid's potential, but he had 0.0 sacks in 9 games, of which he started 3. I wouldn't be too happy having him as our only real pure pass rusher.
The Patriots, next to having some depth along the D-line, also had to get rid of one high priced player. It was either trading him now, or have Wilfork or him go into free agency next year. As much as I would love a 1st rounder, I don't think we should take a risk like that. We have enough cap room and Kampman is the only sure started.