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The New England Patriots have traded linebacker Jamie Collins to the Cleveland Browns for a draft pick.The trade is for a third-round compensatory pick if the Browns are awarded one, a source told ESPNs Pat McManamon. If the Browns dont get that pick from the league, the trade is for a fourth-round pick, the source said.In the end, we did what we thought was best for the football team. There are a lot of things to take into consideration. Im sure we could bring up a lot of points to talk about, but in the end, thats really the bottom line, Bill Belichick said on sports radio WEEI when asked about the trade.Collins four-year rookie contract will expire after the season, and he was at one point asking for what one league source described to ESPNs Adam Schefter as Von Miller money. The Denver Broncos gave Miller a six-year, $114.5 million deal in July, including $70 million guaranteed.For the Browns, the trade is designed to help a defense that has struggled to stop teams this season and is especially thin at outside linebacker. No team has scored fewer than 25 points on the Browns this season, and four of eight have scored more than 30 -- including the New York Jets, who defeated the Browns 31-28 on Sunday.The outside linebacker spot has been thin in Cleveland since Paul Kruger was released during the preseason and Nate Orchard went on injured reserve early in the season. The Browns are tied for 21st in the NFL with 14 sacks in eight games, and Collins could help there.There is risk involved for Cleveland. Collins can become a free agent after the season; the Browns will have to convince him its worth staying with a team that is currently winless. The Browns (0-8) would have the option of using the franchise tag on Collins.Wed love to keep him, obviously, Browns coach Hue Jackson told reporters. Its got to be mutual and hopefully we can move in that direction. But I think its getting him here, having him get to know us, us getting to know him. We know what he is. We know what he brings to the table. I dont think we would have done this if we didnt think there was an opportunity to move forward with him.Collins played 48 of 78 defensive snaps against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, which was unusual because he has typically been an every-down player.The Patriots (7-1) took him off the field when the Bills used fullback Jerome Felton in run-based packages, perhaps indicating that New England no longer viewed Collins as a three-down linebacker.If the Browns are awarded a compensatory pick, it will be made at the end of the third round. The Browns would receive the pick based on an NFL formula evaluating the free agents the team signs and loses during the offseason.This is the second trade between the Patriots and Browns this season. In August, the Browns traded linebacker Barkevious Mingo, a former first-round pick, to the Patriots for a 2017 fifth-round pick.Collins, 27, appeared in seven games for the Patriots this season and had 43 tackles, two interceptions and one forced fumble. He missed Week 6 against the Cincinnati Bengals because of a hip injury and had been listed on the injury report the past two weeks before coming off it Friday.A fourth-year veteran, Collins made his first Pro Bowl last season.I think hes a tremendous pass-rusher, Jackson said. He can play linebacker. I think there are several things he can do. He has a real versatile skill set.Collins is the second high-profile defensive player the Patriots have traded this year. In March, New England dealt defensive end Chandler Jones to the Arizona Cardinals. Like Collins, Jones will be a free agent after the season.Jones appeared to react to the trade of his former teammate with a tweet shortly after news of the deal was reported.Patriots safety Devin McCourty also seemed shocked by the move.?Jamies a huge piece of our defense, arguably our best defensive player, McCourty said during an appearance on Comcast SportsNet. So its going to be a lot of changes that come from this move, and as players, that has to be our focus -- how do we fix things and get things going in a positive direction.Obviously, in New England theres always a lot of changes, theres always guys coming in and out. But when you get a guy like Jamie who was here for four years on the team, very productive player, to lose him is a bit shocking, I think, to everybody on the team.Since Sept. 1, 2014, the Patriots have made 21 trades that involved a player either leaving or coming to New England, the most of any team in the NFL, according to ESPN Stats & Information.ESPNs Mike Reiss and Pat McManamon contributed to this report. Cheap Air Jordans Fast Shipping . The lawyers filed a 33-page amended complaint Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan, expanding on the suit originally filed Oct. 3 in New York Supreme Court. Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz last week refused to compel Selig to testify in the grievance, and Rodriguez then walked out of the hearing without testifying. Cheap Jordans For Sale China .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. http://www.cheapjordansfastshipping.com/ .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. 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No. 13 Western Michigan and No. 20 Navy could put a bunch of bowls on hold, depending on what the College Football Playoff selection committee thinks of their performances this weekend.If Navy is in position to earn a spot in a major bowl game when the rankings and semifinal pairings are set Sunday, the 12-person committee will wait a week for Navy to play Army to make a final call on where the Midshipmen should be ranked.Navy (9-2) is 19th in the latest playoff rankings, two spots behind unbeaten Western Michigan heading into the Midshipmens matchup with Temple in the American Athletic Conference championship game Saturday. The Broncos (13-0) beat Ohio 29-23 in the Mid-American championship game Friday night in Detroit.The highest ranked team from the so-called Group of Five -- American, MAC, Mountain West, Conference USA and Sun Belt -- gets an automatic bid to a New Years Six bowl. This season that means the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 2.Selection committee chairman Kirby Hocutt said this week that the committee has had a conference call scheduled for Dec. 10 since the summer, just in case this issue came up.If Navy was to pass Western Michigan, it is all but certain the committee would wait to make sure the Midshipmen beat Army (6-5) before it set a Cotton Bowl matchup.If Navy remains behind WMU come Sunday, it will be up to the committee to determine if it needs to see the Army result.The committee is not limited by any specific number, distance behind or ahead. The committee only has to evaluate whether the Army game could affect Navys selection, said Bill Hancock, the executive director of the College Football Playoff. The problem with numerical metrics with something like this is two spots behind could be as close as four spots behind depending on how the committee views that cluster of teams together.Waiting a week to determine whether Western Michigan, Navy or some other team plays in the Cotton Bowl is an inconvenience for organizers of that game, but the bigger issue is the possible trickle-down effect to other bowls.Wright Waters, executive director of the Football Bowl Association, said Thursday that 10 to 14 bowls could be impacted by the delay in setting the Cotton Bowl matchup.The problem is not the number, its thee number on that first weekend, Waters said.ddddddddddddThe first day of the bowl season is Dec. 17. There are six games, all involving Group of Five teams. Delaying setting those matchups until Dec. 11, when teams would have to be at a bowl site three days later, would create a logistical nightmare.The Navy issue is not the only one facing bowl organizers as they try to fill 80 spots for 40 games. Several conferences, including the Pac-12, Big 12 and Big Ten, do not have enough bowl-eligible teams to fill all their contracted spots. There will be at least a couple of 5-7 teams competing in bowl games this season. North Texas and Mississippi State are in line to get bowl bids with sub-.500 records because of their Academic Progress Rate scores, but they will have to wait until all the teams that qualified with six victories are accommodated. Army, an independent, is also in the mix, no matter how it does against Navy.Whats occurring this year is not necessarily different than what occurs every year at this time, MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said. You have different parties exploring different scenarios.If Navy does not end up in the Cotton Bowl, it is contracted to play in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, on Dec. 23. If Navy goes to the Cotton, the American would not have enough bowl-eligible teams to fill all its spots, which is how the Cure Bowl in Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 17 could be affected by all this.Swapping out Western Michigan for Navy in the Armed Forces Bowl might be part of a solution. There is also a spot the Big Ten cannot fill in the Heart of Dallas Bowl on Dec. 27 that would be a good fit for Western Michigan if it falls out of the New Years Six.ESPN owns and operates 11 bowls, all of which involve Group of Five schools, and it will be involved in putting the postseason puzzle together, too.There are a few twists that could be a little more complex, American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco said, but for the most part its not going to involve the whole system.---Follow Ralph D. 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