Bill Belichick has never been afraid of trading high profile players, but his latest maneuver shocked several current New England Patriots players.
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The Patriots traded linebacker Jamie Collins to the Cleveland Browns for a third-round compensatory pick, and safety Devin McCourty told CSNNE he felt Collins was their best defensive player.
"Jamie is arguably our best defensive player," McCourty said. ""When you get a guy like Jamie who was here for four years on the team, a very productive player, to lose him is a bit shocking to everybody on the team."
Malcolm Butler's reaction to Jamie Collins trade: "It was shock, that's all. Just shock." pic.twitter.com/ENBxQBg9PC
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) November 1, 2016
Belichick was reportedly displeased with Collins' lack of effort.
Oh wow. Ex-#Patriots staffer Mike Lombardi is shredding Jamie Collins on @WEEI. “Sometimes freelancing is a problem, effort is a problem.”
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 1, 2016
Collins will be a free agent after the season.
With Jamie Collins contract coming up, he was at one point asking for what one league source described as “Von Miller money." Von: 6-$114.5M
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 31, 2016
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