This only works if he resigns with the Pats by the way. Which I believe is a possibility.
Imagine you're Bill Belichick. Which means, imagine you're an asshole. You coach the Patriots, you've won three rings, but later it's revealed that you cheated by a whistle blower, (damn you Mangeni). You lost draft picks for this, but in essence you got to keep you're wins and super bowls because you have the Golden Goose that is Thomas Edward 'Tom' Brady, Jr.
The team is doing well and all, but what if you could get one over in the league? Well...
Well, how about you trade a talented, but known mouthy wide receiver for decent value, have him play mediocre to terrible against you (aka...throw the game). Have him then have hold a presser saying how much he loves the other team and hates it in Minnesota and takes NO questions about how he felt about only catching the ball ONE time for 8 yards.
Not only that, but what if Childress privatly called him out on it? He noticed him loafing, saw that he was uncommited and possibly...THROWING A GAME) This would be disastrous knowledge for Childress, it would turn the sport on it's head if it were true, and brew a firestorm that would make the ref scandal in the NBA look a fluff story. So you bite it and just cut the guy.
Now the only teams that would actually pursue him would be a contending team, but how much would a contending team actually pay a player to just be a terrible distraction? Think about it. You're the Steelers, another explosive weapon like Moss would be welcomed...except it's Randy Moss, he can be a locker room cancer, he plays when he wants. And he doesn't want to play for you....he clearly wants to play for the Pats. Even a crap team or young and uprising team wouldn't want to pay him just keep him from the Pats.
Knowing this, all teams pass allowing New England to pick his ass back up, having gained a third round pick and a win against a quality opponent (the Vikings) while weakening a team that was thought to be a super bowl contender.
He comes back to the team, knowing they pulled a fast one over the NFL, win the title laughing all the way.
Remember, you're Bill Belichick, you're a cheating asshole, you got caught cheating before. But everyone loved seeing Brady crush defenses he saw coming, so we just said fuck it.
This clearly works only if the Pats do resign him. He's still a talented player, so if he says he wants to play anywhere, he'll get picked up, but so far all we can tell is that he really wants to go back to New England. There is a possiblitly a contender could pick him up (say...the Jets) not play him or hold him out of practice, and basically pay him to NOT play for Pats...but who knows.
Again this is just a conspiracy in theory only. I certainly offer no evidence other than what I've heard and seen on media outlets. But it is kinda neat I think, even if it ends up being completely wrong.
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