After months of speculation and scrutiny, the moment of truth finally arrived for Bill Belichick Thursday night with the Patriots on the clock with the No. 15 pick in the NFL Draft.
But before he made his move, he called on everyone in the room who put in work scouting this year’s draft class, including Dave Ziegler and Matt Patricia and asked, “We’re all good on this?”
Only after several affirmatives did he have a staffer ring Alabama quarterback Mac Jones with the news: the Crimson Tide signal-caller was about to officially become a member of the New England Patriots.