Bill Belichick to the New England Patriots

January 27, 2000 · New England Patriots, New York Jets

This trade is the root of the Bill Belichick (2000) trade tree — the full chain is traced there.

The trade

New England Patriots receives

COA Bill Belichick

New York Jets receives

a 2000 first-round pick (No. 16, became Julian Peterson)

Trade context

The Jets sent Bill Belichick's coaching rights to New England in January 2000 after he resigned one day into the Jets head-coaching job. The headline cost was the Patriots' 2000 first-round pick (16th overall), in a draft New England then used to take Tom Brady in the sixth round.

Full trade terms

On January 27, 2000, New England Patriots sent a 2000 first-round pick (No. 16, became Julian Peterson) to New York Jets for COA Bill Belichick.

What the assets did next

a 2000 first-round pick (No. 16, became Julian Peterson)
- 2000 first-round pick (No. 16) to the San Francisco 49ers · April 15, 2000
COA Bill Belichick — no other recorded trade.