New England Patriots' Cole Strange had a brilliant reaction to being drafted in 1st round

The New England Patriots’ 1st round draft pick Cole Strange had a pretty hilarious response to being drafted according to his father.

With the 29th pick in the first round, the New England Patriots decided to take Cole Strange, a guard from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, a bit of an odd selection as there were some out there who didn’t value him anywhere near a first-round talent. 

As with most things when it comes to Patriots coach Bill Belichick, he does get some leeway and benefit of the doubt when it comes to the pick, it’s something that comes with the job when you win 6 Super Bowl titles as a head coach.

But that didn’t stop some around the league from making their feelings known about the selection, most notably Sean McVay and Les Snead of the Los Angeles Rams, who were pretty vocal when the news came through to them. 

Rams reaction to Patriots selection of Cole Strange at #29.This is hysterical. pic.twitter.com/ADzqt4lizQ

And if you thought they were taken by surprise by the news that Strange had gone in the first round, so was the player himself.

His dad recently revealed in an interview with MassLive that Strange didn’t quite believe it when the call came in from the Patriots that he was being selected: 

“(Cole) said, ‘Sir, I don’t mean to be disrespectful at all, but I’ve gotta know because I’ve got some crazy friends. Is this a prank?’ The guy said, ‘Hold on just a second.’ 

The phone was then passed to Belichick to take over the conversation: 

“As soon as I heard Bill Belichick’s voice, Cole and I both started screaming and hugging and acting crazy. Probably saying a bunch of inappropriate stuff. We were so excited.”

So it’s fair to say that the move certainly surprised plenty of people on draft