Re: BB A Football Life on NFl Network Official Thread
Just got done watching part 1 via a downloaded copy (pm me if you want the link). I was expecting a fair amount of fluff and little substance. But even with my homer glasses off, I came away well impressed. Here are some of the things that struck out for me:
- Brady's voice getting all squeaky when Bill tells him to calm down in game 1 against the Bills. You could tell Brady was nervous (after all, it was his first regular season game after the injury). When Brady says "I threw it (squeak) RIGHT to him"...Bill's pauses for a second, and then stoicly says "It was over his head!". Brady goes "Ohhh, thaaat one (squeak)." That was hilarious!
- Bill's bromance with Ed Reed. You can tell Bill truly appreciates greatness. I'm sure this went down well with Ravens fans
- STFU Mason. This needs no explanation. Major LOLs ensued.
- Bill's presence in team meetings. We've all heard about it. It was something else to actually see it. He had total command and complete attention of all the players. That's a leader right there.
- After the loss to the Donkeys, in his staff meeting, Bill says something like "You take away Randy, beat him down the field, Welker's covered. That's it! We can't pass. We can't run. We're done." I believe this is where Bill may have gotten the very first indication that the rest of the NFL had finally fingured out the Welker/Moss dynamic duo offense, that it wasn't gonna work for too long anymore.
- The Giants stadium bit was touching. I hate the Giants as much as the next pats fan for SBwhateveritwasnyahnyahmmmghmnnxkgfs and it being an NY team. But you saw that Bill's time there was really special to him. I saw him get a lot of kudos at several Giants forums for that part.
- The bit about the Tennessee game brought back some fond memories. When the clock hit 0:00, Bill gives Dante a hug and impassionately says "Well... we did good today"
- They didn't spend a lot of time on this, but I was touched by the scenes where Bill's mentoring his son. Kid's lucky to have a father and a teacher like Bill.
- Finally, a couple poignant quotes to end the segment. "You can say a lot of things about me. But you can't say I'm scared. I'm NOT scared to go for it" (followed by a clip of the 4th and 2 against Dolts
). And, "
I don't get mad...I get even!"
