New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick was praised as a genius last year for trading away a good portion of his 2017 NFL Draft class in favor of adding proven NFL commodities. Clearly this would blaze a new path in team-building. Of course not all the players he traded for even ended up making the team.
He gave up his first-round draft pick as well as a third-round draft pick last year, sending those selections to the New Orleans Saints in exchange for wide receiver Brandin Cooks and a fourth-round draft pick.