There’s a bit of curiosity as to how former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick would have used the third overall pick, if he was still the de facto general manager for the team.
Some recent notes from The Athletic’s Dianna Russini offered some insight on that question.
Russini wrote:
The Patriots are under a new regime and are about to make one of the most important picks in franchise history at No. 3. (If this was still Bill Belichick running the Patriots, I’m told he would probably trade down and get more picks — see the Texans — but this is not those Patriots anymore.