Yep, Bill Belichick still wants all of your discarded dysfunction, please.
The same man who employed and abruptly cut Randy Moss, Albert Haynesworth, and Chad Johnson recently has made another splash into the vast pool of potentially really talented players who only reach such talent if they can refrain from being turds. Paying a minimal cost for possibly a sizable gain is a classic Belichick move, although the cost here — a fourth-round pick in next spring’s draft, and New England also gets Tampa’s seventh — isn’t exactly minimal. It’s not crushing either, but it’s high enough that jettisoning Talib if the 26-year-old can’t stop acting out in the offseason will be a little more difficult.
Talib is just completing a four-game suspension for Adderall use, and the fact that a player with such a checkered past was the only body to be move on trade deadline day is the finest illustration of the league’s fear of moving or more often acquiring players mid-season. Increased parity leads to more teams thinking they have a shot at the playoffs and they’re therefore unwilling to kill the support of their fanbase.
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The New England Patriots continue to add to their defence, signing CB Aqib Talib to a one-year deal worth $5 million according to a tweet from Adam Schefter.
