We were pretty confident that the Steelers were looking for a tackle, and we were pretty confident that the Jets weren't gonna take a corner...We probably would have stayed there and taken Gonzales if there hadn't been a trade available.
We didn't know if the Steelers were gonna take the guy that the Jets wanted. I mean, I would say we weren't heartbroken that that happened.
So according to Bill Belichick himself, the Patriots were just looking to add draft capital and they were pretty positive that they were going to be able to get Christian Gonzales regardless. Sabotaging the Jets was just a happy coincidence.
The traded up and stole Jones out from under them, and got a solid building block for the future of their offensive line.
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