Patriots Linebacker Heading To Browns

When the New England Patriots feel like they don't need a player anymore, they get rid of them. Well, for one Patriots linebacker, it's bye bye to the Patriots and hello to the terrible Cleveland Browns.

Todays, the Patriots traded away linebacker Jamie Collins to the Cleveland Browns for a draft pick. The pick is a compensatory third-round pick if the Browns are awarded one in the upcoming draft in 2017. While this may come as a surprise to the other 31 teams in the league, the fact of the matter is when the Patriots decided they have had enough of a single player that isn't Gronkowski or Brady, they will get rid of you. And it seems Jamie Collins learned that lesson.

Collins' four-year rookie contract is expected to expire after this season and he was asking for "Von Miller money," according to a source that told ESPN's Adam Scheffer, and it seems that when you ask for money that somebody else is making, the Patriots will be quick to get rid of you.

Let me tell Jamie Collins and the rest of the Patriots player that aren't Brady or Gronkowski: The Patriots WILL get rid of you if you ask for too much. Jamie Collins is not Von Miller. He's just not. He's not as fast, as tough, or as physical as Von Miller is. Collins is a great player and an even better one for the Patriots, but he's not Von Miller-like. The Patriots don't win on defense, anyway. They win when the Golden Boy and Spike Man Gronk are out there, marching down the field and getting it into the end zone.

Jamie Collins can get Von Miller money somewhere else. Maybe it's with the Browns,
maybe not. But there's a hard lesson to be learned when it comes to the New England Patriots: They don't listen to any of their players for any reason. I don't know if this trade was about that, but when there was something up in the front office involving them and the player, you can bet that it was about money.

Jamie Collins is going to a team that's 0-8. He might not help them that much, but the Browns do need some defensive help and Jamie Collins can provide that. He's going to have to prove he's worth Von Miller money and whether or not it's with the Browns, who knows. But what you see is what you get, and Jamie Collins seemed to get too greedy with the Patriots and now he's packing his bags for Cleveland. Hey, at least he can go to the World Series or Cavaliers games now.