Players Coming And Going From New England Since 2000

by Chase Stuart on March 28, 2017

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Dillon was a star with the Patriots, too.

It’s been an unusually busy offseason for the Patriots. New England signed Buffalo Pro Bowl cornerback Stephon Gilmore to a big contract, and also added former Bengals running back Rex Burkhead. The Patriots were also active in the trade market, acquiring WR Brandin Cooks from New Orleans, DE Kony Ealy from Carolina, and TE Dwayne Allen from the Colts.

Departing from New England? TE Martellus Bennett went to Green Bay, Jabaal Sheard went to Indianapolis, CB Logan Ryan went to Tennessee, while CB Malcolm Butler and RB LeGarrette Blount, among others, could still be on the move.

Which made me wonder: do the Patriots, as you might suspect, do better adding players from other teams than other teams do when adding players from the Patriots? The table below shows the most productive players (by AV) in year 1 in New England after playing for a different team the prior season. Note that this excludes Dion Lewis in 2015, who was not on an NFL team in 2014.

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Player	Year	Team	Age	Pos	AV
Randy Moss	2007	rai	30	WR	20
Wes Welker	2007	mia	26	WR	16
Corey Dillon	2004	cin	30	RB	15
Darrelle Revis	2014	tam	29	DB	14
Brian Waters	2011	kan	34	G	13
Rodney Harrison	2003	sdg	31	DB	13
Antowain Smith	2001	buf	29	RB	12
Brandon LaFell	2014	car	28	WR	11
Danny Woodhead	2010	nyj	25	RB	10
Anthony Pleasant	2001	sfo	33	DE-DT	10
Roman Phifer	2001	nyj	33	LB	10
Brandon Lloyd	2012	2TM	31	WR	10
Drew Bledsoe	2000	nwe	28	QB	10
Donte' Stallworth	2007	phi	27	WR	9
David Patten	2001	cle	27	WR	9

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What about going the other way? Well, there are a lot fewer “success” stories on here.

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Player	Year	Team	Age	Pos	AV
Drew Bledsoe	2002	buf	30	QB	14
Asante Samuel	2008	phi	27	DB	12
Darrelle Revis	2015	nyj	30	DB	10
Ty Law	2005	nyj	31	DB	10
Chandler Jones	2016	crd	26	DE	9
Aqib Talib	2014	den	28	DB	9
Danny Woodhead	2013	sdg	28	RB	9
Akiem Hicks	2016	chi	27	DE	8
Akeem Ayers	2015	ram	26	LB	8
Vince Wilfork	2015	htx	34	NT-DT	8
Wes Welker	2013	den	32	WR	8
BenJarvus Green-Ellis	2012	cin	27	RB	8
Lawyer Milloy	2003	buf	30	DB	8
Terry Glenn	2002	gnb	28	WR	8
Chad Eaton	2001	sea	29	DT-NT	8

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