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Adam covered Bill Belichick giving thanks to the Krafts yesterday for the opportunity to run the football side of the Patriots franchise almost a decade ago. I wouldn't think it would be a leap to say Robert and Jonathan and everyone else in that family are thankful to Bill too.

And since this came up, the time seemed right to take one more look at the trade that got Belichick out of Jets green and back up to Foxboro. Here it is ...

Jets receive ...
2000 First-round pick (DL Shaun Ellis)
2001 Fourth-round pick (CB Jamie Richardson)
2001 Seventh-round pick (NT James Reed)

Patriots receive ...
Jets head coach Bill Belichick
2001 Fifth-round pick (TE Arthur Love, K Owen Pochman)*
2002 Seventh-round pick**

* -- pick traded to Detroit for sixth- (Love) and seventh-round (Pochman) picks.
** -- used as part of a package to trade up and draft Daniel Graham in Round 1. Pick used by Washington on DE Greg Scott.

Ellis has been a very good player for the Jets, making a Pro Bowl, starting for a decade and being a steady veteran for the club. Reed bounced around for a while. The other four players mentioned above (Scott, Love, Pochman, Richardson) played in a total of 52 games.

Pretty amazing, then, this wasn't exactly a popular trade when it was made?