Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick responded this week to comments by Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who recently referred to trading a first round pick for him more than 25 years ago as a “big risk," according to ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr.
"I gave up a No. 1 draft pick for a coach that had only won a little over 40% of his games to get him out," Kraft said. "I don't know if there are any Jets fans here. I think getting Bill Belichick to come to the Patriots in 1999 was a big risk, and I got hammered in the Boston area, but he was with us for 24 years.