I was definitely rooting for it at the time. That whole draft turned out to be kind of a disaster for the Patriots...Ok my memory failed. I do remember thinking for a moment that we might use that pick on him though.
23rd pick
* Acquired from the Rams in the Brandin Cooks trade:
Actually drafted: OT Isaiah Wynn
Next pick: WR DJ Moore
Next of position drafted: OT Brian O'Neill (unless you count Austin Corbett, but I'll call him a guard for dramatic effect)
Other drafted soon after: WR Calvin Ridley
31st pick
Actually drafted: HB Sony Michel
Next pick: QB Lamar Jackson
Next of position drafted: HB Nick Chubb
Other drafted soon after: MLB Shaquille (f/k/a Darius) Leonard
56th pick
*Traded up from #63 (Carlton Davis), giving up #117 (Jordan Whitehead) to do so.
Actually drafted: CB Duke Dawson
Next pick: DT P.J. Hall
Next of position drafted: CB Isaiah Oliver
Other drafted soon after: WR D.J. Chark
I was going to go through the rest of it, but there are a ton of trades & twists & turns, including getting a future 2nd they turned into JoeJuan Williams & a future 3rd they turned into Chase Winovich, so I'll just call it a day.