Bill Belichick Says Trading For Randy Moss Was Like 'Childbirth'

Legendary coach Bill Belichick was a hit with a lot of viewers on The Pat McAfee Show's NFL Draft coverage. However, the irony was not lost on a lot of people that he was serving as a "Draft expert" when how he drafted in New England was sometimes a point of criticism.

Nonetheless, he offered insights that few others can offer, and that includes how a Draft Day trade for a big-name player goes down.

He had a story about trading for a doozy of a big-name player too: Hall of Fame receiver Randy Moss. 

As you no doubt recall, in 2007, the Patriots cut a deal with the then-Oakland Raiders to bring Moss into the fold as another weapon for Tom Brady, and Belichick explained how that all went down, going so far as to compare the process to childbirth.

"The most interesting trade was the Randy Moss trade," Belichick explained. "We had been trying to trade for him for two months, it was like childbirth, it took forever. After the first day of the draft, I talked to Mr. (Al) Davis. I said, 'Are we going to do this deal or not?' He said, 'Yeah, we'll do it for a fourth.' I said, 'We've got to get the guy for a physical, we have to renegotiate his contract.' Mr. Davis said, 'That's your problem.'"

They got the deal — which came at the shockingly cheap price of a fourth-round pick — in place but required getting Moss to town ASAP to undergo a physical and renegotiate his contract. But it took Belichick a couple of calls to get Moss on the phone because the wideout kept hanging up thinking that someone was pulling one over on him. 

But when he finally accepted that the Patriots had really traded for him, Moss hopped on a plane, passed the physical (which Belichick joked wasn't exactly in-depth), and reworked his deal.

Belichick also praised Moss' commitment and football IQ, but the results speak for themself. Moss went out that season and set the NFL record for most touchdowns in a season with 23. Meanwhile, the Patriots ran the table during the regular season, going 16-0 only to lose to Eli Manning and the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII.