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    Trade surprise: Patriots reportedly send LB Jamie Collins to Cleveland

    The New England Patriots traded Collins to the Cleveland Browns. According to the Browns website, New England will receive a conditional draft pick. ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted that it would be a compensatory third-round pick, but there’s no guarantee that the Browns will get one of those – compensatory picks are awarded by the league based on big-name players lost to other teams in free agency. The Browns lost three-time Pro Bowl center Alex Mack to the Atlanta Falcons, and he could be deemed worthy of a third.

    Keep in mind, if the Patriots were to receive the Browns’ natural fourth-round pick, they almost certainly would have to forfeit it: as the very last condition of the franchise’s punishment for deflate-gate, they must give up their highest fourth-round pick in 2017. With Cleveland winless at this point, they’re on track to pick first in each round.

    It’s surprising to see the Patriots part ways with Collins, the 52nd overall pick in the 2013 draft. The 6-foot-4, 250 pound Mississippi native is an athletic freak, and in his time at Southern Miss played safety, linebacker and defensive end. With the Patriots, he did a little bit of everything – in 50 games, he had 10 forced fumbles, 10.5 sacks, five interceptions and 20 pass break-ups.

    Less than two years ago, as Collins was starting to come into his own as a versatile playmaker on a young defense, Patriots coach Bill Belichick was asked if Collins might become the prototype for future defensive players, and Belichick made it clear that the up-and-comer was a special talent.

    “Look, Jamie Collinses don’t – it’s not like there’s two or three dozen of them in the draft every year. We’re lucky to have one. Was Lawrence Taylor a prototype outside linebacker? Where’s the next Lawrence Taylor? Those guys don’t grow on trees,” Belichick said in December 2014.

    According to the Boston Globe’s Ben Volin, things weren’t going well between New England and Collins in terms of a new deal, so the team shopped him instead.
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