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Animated Cole Strange responds to mockery for being Patriots’ first-round pick

New England Patriots rookie offensive guard Cole Strange did his talking on the football field by stifling Pittsburgh Steelers’ five-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Cam Heyward.

Even with the game on the line, the Patriots had so much faith in the matchup that they ran the football to Strange’s side multiple times without the least bit of concern that their first-year player was matched up with one of the best defenders in the league.

Heyward, who is nine years Strange’s elder, was completely overpowered in the trenches and couldn’t do anything to stop it.