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Vikings receiver Cordarrelle Patterson hopes to make Patriots coach Bill Belichick regret last year’s draft.

The Patriots traded the 29th overall pick in the 2013 NFL draft to the Vikings, who used that pick on Patterson. As Patterson sees it, that shows the Patriots didn’t think he was good enough to draft for themselves, and Patterson wants to make the Patriots pay for that when the teams meet on Sunday.

“I’ve seen a little article today where Belichick, I think he said he didn’t want me,” Patterson said, via the Pioneer Press. “So that’s the kind of things that stick in the back of a player’s head. And you get out there, you just want to beat the defense up since people say things like that.”

This may be more a case of Patterson looking for motivation than anything Belichick actually said or did: Belichick didn’t actually say he didn’t want Patterson, just that he has no regrets because the Patriots addressed other needs with the picks they got in the Patterson trade. Belichick also said he thinks highly of Patterson.

“Patterson is obviously an explosive guy,” Belichick said. “You see that in the return game. He’s a deep threat. He’s dangerous with the ball in his hands, whether you hand it to him or throw it to him on a short pass. He’s a dangerous catch-and-run guy; he’s also a vertical guy. . . . He’s a strong player.”

Belichick already knows that Patterson is one of the most dangerous players in the league when he gets the ball in his hands. Patterson is just hoping he can show Belichick in person.