With newly acquired cornerback Aqib Talib getting ready for his first game as a member of the New England Patriots, Jason Cole of Yahoo took a look at the ten best deals that Bill Belichick has made. The Patriots head coach is shrewd trader. He collects draft picks routinely. He often takes a chance on talented but sometimes troubled football players, like Talib. Sometimes it works like it did with Randy Moss. Sometimes it doesn't like it didn't with Chad Johnson and Albert Haynesworth. His gambles are rarely expensive.
Here's how Yahoo sees the ten best Belichick deals:
1. Randy Moss for a 4th in 2007.
2. Wes Welker for a 2nd and a 7th in 2007.
3.Shipping Drew Bledsoe to Buffalo for a 1st.
4. Shipping Tebucky Jones to New Orleans for a 3rd and 7th in 2003 and 4th in 2004
-then dealt the 3rd to Miami for a 2nd in 2004
-dealt that 2nd to Cincinnati in for Corey Dillon
-essentially traded Jones for Dillon and a couple picks which was pretty much larceny
5. Shipping Terry Glenn for a 4th in 2002.
6. Shipping Moss to Minnesota for a 3rd in 2010.
7. Ted Washington for a 4th in 2003.
8. Shipping Richard Seymour to Oakland in 2009 for a 1st in 2011.
9. Shipping Matt Cassel and Mike Vrabel to Kansas City for a 2nd in 2008.
10. Deion Branch for a 4th in 2011.
Belichick has an accurate eye for the right time to trade a player. Just before the player is about to fade. While nearly all of his trades are efficient it's the way that he moves draft picks that are often the most interesting. I think that this trade for Talib could work out great for the Patriots. You might have to go back to Ty Law to find a Patriots corner as talented as Talib.
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