The New England Patriots continued to overhaul their roster by trading Keion White to the San Francisco 49ers. After the deal, an insider indicated just how much Bill Belichick liked the linebacker.

New England drafted White with the No. 46 pick in 2023. According to Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, Belichick nearly selected him much earlier.

Breer claimed on NBC Sports Boston’s “Arbella Early Edition” that Belichick wanted to select White at pick No. 17 over Christian Gonzalez.

“If it were up to Bill Belichick and Bill Belichick alone, Keion White might have been their first-round pick in 2023, and not Christian Gonzalez,” Breer said. “I think if it were up to Bill, it would have been Keion White. He had to be talked out of that one.”

Phil Perry added that the Patriots traded do

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