Players Coming And Going From New England Since 2000

by Chase Stuart on March 28, 2017

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.

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
Mike Compton	2001	det	31	G-C	9
Andre Carter	2011	was	32	DE-LB	9
Troy Brown	2000	nwe	29	WR	9
Deion Branch	2010	sea	31	WR	9
Adalius Thomas	2007	rav	30	LB-DE	8
Willie McGinest	2000	nwe	29	DE-LB	8
Bobby Hamilton	2000	nyj	29	DE-DT	8
Terry Glenn	2000	nwe	26	WR	8
Kevin Faulk	2000	nwe	24	RB	8
Reche Caldwell	2006	sdg	27	WR	8
Bruce Armstrong	2000	nwe	35	T-G	8
Damien Woody	2000	nwe	23	C-G	7
Mike Vrabel	2001	pit	26	LB	7
Chris Slade	2000	nwe	29	LB	7
Tyrone Poole	2003	den	31	DB	7
Lawyer Milloy	2000	nwe	27	DB	7
Chris Hogan	2016	buf	28	WR	7
Chad Eaton	2000	nwe	28	DT	7
Tedy Bruschi	2000	nwe	27	LB	7
Leigh Bodden	2009	det	28	DB	7
Martellus Bennett	2016	chi	29	TE	7
Tully Banta-Cain	2009	sfo	29	LB	7
Ted Washington	2003	chi	35	DT	6
Otis Smith	2000	nyj	35	DB	6
Junior Seau	2006	mia	37	LB	6
Chris Long	2016	ram	31	DE	6
Ty Law	2000	nwe	26	DB	6
Ted Johnson	2000	nwe	28	LB	6
Danny Amendola	2013	ram	28	WR	6

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

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
Brandon LaFell	2016	cin	30	WR	7
Tommy Kelly	2014	crd	34	DE-DT	7
Dan Koppen	2012	den	33	C	7
Matt Cassel	2009	kan	27	QB	7
Greg Randall	2003	htx	25	T	7
Josh Kline	2016	oti	27	OL	6
Shane Vereen	2015	nyg	26	RB	6
Logan Mankins	2014	tam	32	G	6
Ben Watson	2010	cle	30	TE	6
Mike Vrabel	2009	kan	34	LB	6
Richard Seymour	2009	rai	30	DE-DT	6
Jabar Gaffney	2009	den	29	WR	6
Tully Banta-Cain	2007	sfo	27	LB	6
Willie McGinest	2006	cle	35	DE-LB	6
Deion Branch	2006	sea	27	WR	6
Keith Traylor	2005	mia	36	LB-DT-NT	6
Damien Woody	2004	det	27	C-G	6
Tebucky Jones	2003	nor	29	DB	6
Bernard Holsey	2003	was	30	DT-DE	6
Matt Stevens	2002	htx	29	DB	6

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