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Just amazing football history nuggets in here. It’s amazing how things written more than 50 years ago about the game still ring just as true. Football is always a game of evolution, but in looking at this it seems cyclical as well.
Method to the Madness: How Belichick Rules the Draft «
This is a nice article with its “facts” and “history” but I prefer to stick to believing the Patriots are the only team in the NFL that can’t draft.
The guy is giving signals out in front of 80,000 people. OK? We filmed him taking signals out in front of 80,000 people like there were a lot of other teams doing at that time too, OK? Forget about that. If we were wrong, then we’ve been disciplined for that. "Guy’s in front of 80,000 people. Eighty-thousand people saw it, everybody’s sideline saw it, everybody sees our guy in front of 80,000 people. There he is. It was wrong, we were disciplined for it. That’s it. We never did it again. We’re never gonna do it again. Anything else that’s close we’re not gonna do, either.
Belichick cites Spygate in explosive press conference | Comcast SportsNet – CSNNE.com
This blew me away today, but it’s basically what Patriots fans have been waiting for BB to say for the last 7 years. Just so true, boiled down to what it really was. This moment was like a Gronk spike for me.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/the-guy-is-giving-signals-out-in-front-of-80000/
If you haven’t seen this yet, do it! I don’t know how I can make it another 8 days until the Super Bowl after watching this. The ball is now in the NFL’s court and, as I’ve said, unless they have a video of the Pats deflating a ball, I’m not sure how they can do much more than a fine.
There have been times when you think you come in early or think you stayed long enough, but there’s always that one car outside,” linebacker Dont’a Hightower said. “It’s never really just one, but I mean, there are probably 10 cars outside, and it’s all coaches. You see it all the time. They’re just as excited about the game plan as we are because they put so much time and effort into it.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/there-have-been-times-when-you-think-you-come-in/
As you probably know by now, I put together database of Bill Belichick’s hoodie history that you can find here. While this has primarily been aimed at figuring out Belichick’s performance as classified by his signature hoodie choice, we can also use it to take a stab at what history tells us he should wear this weekend.
First, here’s the latest major hoodie stats since 2003, when the Reebok NFL equipment hoodie Belichick made famous was first introduced.
Now, let’s take a closer look at what Belichick has worn in his eight AFC championship games with the Patriots.
My determination is that Belichick should roll with the 2014 Blue Hoodie with the sleeves, just like he wore last week against the Ravens. Never has he worn a blue hoodie in an AFC championship. He’s 3-1 this season in it, with the one loss being a meaningless one in Week 17 against the Bills.
Belichick is also 13-2 all-time in a blue hoodie with sleeve intact. It’s his most dominant hoodie/sleeve combo.
The weather seems to be lining up favorably for this hoodie, unlike 2007 or 2013, when cold and warm weather respectively forced him out of the hoodie.
Just as long as he doesn’t cut the sleeves. He’s 1-3 in AFCCGs with his forearms out.
