Here’s How Bill Belichick Told Brandin Cooks He’d Been Traded To Rams

There have been countless stories of NFL players finding out they’ve been traded via ESPN or Twitter rather than hearing first hand from their now-former club that they’ve been dealt. Take Kendall Fuller, for example. The cornerback was positive he wouldn’t be traded when the Washington Redskins acquired quarterback Alex Smith from the Kansas City Chiefs earlier this offseason. Fuller didn’t initially believe the reports he was reading on Twitter, but eventually, he got a call from the Redskins letting him know about the decision. But that’s not how things are done in New England. The Patriots sent shockwaves through the NFL on Tuesday when they traded wide receiver Brandin Cooks to the Los Angeles Rams