ew England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo saw Bill Belichick do this countless times in the NFL draft.

The legendary head coach even did it prior to selecting Mayo 10th overall in 2008.

And Mayo believes that if Belichick was still in charge of the Patriots’ football operations, there would have been a good chance of New England moving out of the No. 3 pick.

“With Bill, we probably would have traded back to get more picks,” Mayo told NFL Media’s Cameron Wolfe. “Our path for so long has been accumulating more picks because it was our process. And we still believe in that. But we also believe when you’re at a position at No. 3, you have to get it right and get a cornerstone player.”