Football Outsiders Interview: Bill Belichick

[Tony2046]

Discusses mostly players during his Giants coaching days.

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[Wheelman]

Yes. We had a good team, but did not compete during the strike games. We had an incredibly bad roster. Several of the players were had never played competitive football.

I have plenty of memorable stories from that time. The ineptitude of the players was staggering. We had a very limited defensive system and if we didn’t have a good tackler at weak safety (Steve Rehage, who made almost every tackle), we could have given up a TD on every play.

I want to watch these games.

 

[Tony2046]

I want to watch these games.

They had one on last night.

 

[jah]

They had one on last night.

I initially took this seriously and was going to make a Thursday Night Football joke. Then I remembered today is Friday.

 

[maineman209]

Interesting trivia that both Suge Knight (6'2"/265, Rams) and Steve Rehage (Giants) went on to become successful music promoters. Rehage still credits Belichick as his mentor.

 

[Uptown]

OT:

"Bills draft the dog in the 2nd rd, cut him in year 3. The dog signs with the Patriots and statistically outperforms Jerry Rice."

 

[supafly]

Suge Knight (6'2"/265, Rams).

Never knew this before.

That punk ass had better hope that he never runs into me.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Never knew this before.

That punk ass had better hope that he never runs into me.

He's on trial for murder so he's quite fortunate..

 

[supafly]

He's on trial for murder so he's quite fortunate..

He's thanking his lucky stars. I promise you.