The New England Patriots are bad in 2020. No one wants to lose 4-straight games, and this is something that definitely doesn’t happen to the Patriots in the last 20 years.
But is it bad enough that the franchise should think about trading Bill Belichick? That theory was floated by Peter King this week.
“Trade Belichick? It’s not as crazy as it might initially sound.
“I don’t think it’s a dumb idea,” said Football Morning In America’s Peter King, whose decades-long career writing about the NFL includes time in the 1980s covering Belichick as the defensive coordinator for Bill Parcells’ Giants teams.
The devil, though, is in the details. What could you get for Belichick as he approaches his 70th birthday, a time when most coaches have long retired? What teams would actually be interested? Would Belichick even agree to a trade, even if it were to a Giants franchise that played such a special, impactful role in his development as a budding coach?
“But I also don’t think that you’re probably going to get the value that you want, that you would think you would get,” King continued. “Like, probably right now, you would think if you traded Bill Belichick you should get two 1s, you think that’s about right? Especially not really knowing how much longer Bill is going to coach, he’s getting up there in years and you don’t really know how much longer he’s going to coach, so are you going to trade two 1s for a guy who might only coach for four years? I think it’s an interesting thing. I don’t think it’s something you should dismiss out of hand.
“But the other question is, clearly, would Bill want that? I have absolutely no idea if he would want that or not. If you traded him to be the HC of the NYJ would Bill have any desire to do that at all? And, if you did that you’re trading the first pick in the draft and next year’s 1 for Bill Belichick? Maybe if you say we’ll trade you the Jamal Adams’ pick at the end of the round and something else, that would be interesting. I also think, and again I do not know this at all, but just my gut feeling, there’s a big difference for Belichick between the New York Giants and the New York Jets.”
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As you may know, Belichick arrived in New England in exchange for the 16th pick in the 2000 draft, with the Jets and Patriots also swapping a couple late-round picks. The 20-year anniversary of that trade was just earlier this year.
Him and Tom Brady would create a dynasty that lasted until 2020, but would end after Brady took his talents to the Bucs.
The Patriots are 2-5. Tom Brady is an MVP candidate playing in Tampa Bay for the once-lowly Bucs.
