Bill Belichick was asked to evaluate Chung's turnaround today and offered an interesting response about the way it ended the first time and how it has come together in 2014.
“I thought he played pretty well for us in the time that he was here (from 2009-12),” Belichick said. “I think kind of the circumstances of the ’12 season just didn’t work out as well as probably we all hoped they would for a combination of reasons. Pat and I talked about that last year after he was released from Philadelphia. We had a long conversation about a lot of things. Not saying it was anybody’s fault, it was just one of those things that didn’t work out. But we both felt that we’d want to try to give it another shot. We were able to come to an agreement on that, contractually. I think he’s done a real good job for us.
"He’s filled a lot of different roles. He’s played well. He’s helped us in the kicking game. He has helped us defensively in a number of areas. He’s been active, been around the ball, been productive and he’s got experience. Even though he’s a new player, he was here for four years so it’s not –- in a way, he really has a lot of experience in our system. I think it’s worked out, worked out really well, at least on my end of it. I feel great about having him on the team and what he’s done for us.”
