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Belichick: An average NFL roster only contains 7 to 10 elite players
“I'd say every team, generally speaking, every team has about, you know, five or six players that are elite, have elite payments, elite contracts, and then you might have some younger players in their first through fourth year, You know, two or three, four, wha…”
Belichick: Tom Brady Began His NFL Rookie Year as Fourth-String Quarterback
“Tom Brady was a fourth string quarterback his rookie year. He had three players ahead of him, and, you know, he just worked his way up. No, no team keeps four quarterbacks at any level, high school, college, NFL. It's really almost unheard of”
Belichick: Jayden Daniels' VR training system is selectively distributed and rare
“Yeah, that system that Jayden Daniels was referring to is one that he used at LSU, and then also used with the Commanders last year. It's actually one that we have as well. It's one that's very hard to get. It's only available very selectively, and so I'm pret…”
Belichick acted as NFL general manager for 30 years without the title
“I was a general manager for almost 30 years of my NFL career, and I never had a general manager title, and that was never important to me. I didn't care about what the title is. You just, you do the job that you have to do.”
Belichick buried a football in 2001 to reset the Patriots after losing
“2001 Shane, where we buried the ball. You know, we lost to Miami. We didn't play very well. Obviously didn't coach very well. And we came back and, you know, we just took the team out there. I got a shovel. I dug a hole. I took the ball. You know, we put it in…”