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Bill Belichick’s dog made an important cameo during the NFL Draft

It took until the second day of the 2020 NFL Draft for the Patriots to make a pick.

And shortly after New England selected safety Kyle Dugger at No. 37, out of unknown Division 2 school Lenoir-Rhyne, the camera flashed to Bill Belichick’s war room on Nantucket and….

… hello Nike.

Nike is Belichick’s dog, an Alaskan Klee Kai, co-parented by longtime girlfriend Linda Holliday. Belichick introduced the dog to the world in September of 2018.

“It’s unconditional love,” Belichick told CNBC’s Suzy Welch in an interview a couple years ago.