Though the New England Patriots have made 15 first-round selections since Bill Belichick returned to Foxborough in 2000, none of which have transpired at the slot the war room sits now.
No. 31 overall.
It’s a slot no team wants to be picking in. It’s one that Belichick and the Patriots briefly sat in as a result of the Super Bowl XLII and XLVI losses, too. But in the Jerod Mayo class of 2008, the organization’s original pick was forfeited by way of Spygate. Then in 2012, New England sent No. 31 and a fourth-rounder to the Denver Broncos to move up five spots for Dont’a Hightower.