If the Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t turn in the card with Ohio State DL Cameron Heyward’s name on it, the New England Patriots would have instead. Interviewed on The CW’s Inside the NFL in an episode that aired Wednesday, Bill Belichick revealed Heyward was on the Patriots’ radar.
“Hey Cam, I think back to 2011,” Belichick told Heyward. “Man, we almost had you. We had the first pick in the second round and you went 31 and we couldn’t trade up to get you.”
Belichick smiled in making the comment and it’s hard to tell if he was fully sincere.