Ted Johnson: “Mac maybe saved Bill’s legacy”

[TheRainMaker]

Ted really hates this guy. What’s the backstory on why he’s got so much beef with Bill? I’ve heard something to do with an injury.

There’s also some other funny quotes in the article.

He was one of my favorite LB’s back in the day, but he’s been really bitter for some time.

Ted Johnson: Mac Jones has 'maybe saved Bill Belichick's legacy'

Former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson has a hot take on Mac Jones and the rookie quarterback's impact on Bill Belichick's legacy.

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[Bill Lee]

Let me be the first to say, phuck him and his opinion.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Ted really hates this guy. What’s the backstory on why he’s got so much beef with Bill? I’ve heard something to do with an injury.

There’s also some other funny quotes in the article.

He was one of my favorite LB’s back in the day, but he’s been really bitter for some time.

Ted Johnson: Mac Jones has 'maybe saved Bill Belichick's legacy'

Former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson has a hot take on Mac Jones and the rookie quarterback's impact on Bill Belichick's legacy.

sports.yahoo.com

He blamed Bill for playing him when he was not ready after sustaining an injury. Bill admitted later to Ted he screwed up. May have affected Ted's long term health.

Also, he said his experience negotiating with Bill on a new contract was a nightmare. Might explain why things with Brady went south.

Ted Johnson describes experience of negotiating contract with Bill Belichick

To no one’s surprise, negotiating contracts with Bill Belichick isn’t the most pleasant experience. Former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson spent his entire NFL career in Foxboro, but he did have to go through the negotiating process with his longtime head coach. Thursday on Arbella...

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When I first was being coached by Bill and had my first kind of issue with my contract, Bill reached out to me personally which usually does not happen. I was like, 'Woah, okay, I have an agent.' He was like, 'Yeah I was going to call him.' He wanted to gauge my interest and see how I reacted by him calling me.


Bill will nickel and dime. There was a year that I had -- I played 15 percent of the plays the year before, and he came to ask me for a pay cut. He said, 'Well Ted, you only played 15 percent of the plays.' 'Yeah, Bill, did you know I broke my foot in Week 1 so I missed the next 10 games?' He doesn't care about that stuff. So it is hardball, he doesn't care, he will use the stats against you, and won't factor in all the things that went into those poor stats.


He's not going to blow you away with an offer. He's going to make you sweat it out and make you think, 'Do I really want to leave what I'm comfortable with, or stay here and take less than what other people would offer?'

 

[sb1]

Ex-Pats LB: Belichick made me play with concussion

Former linebacker Ted Johnson says concussions, in part caused by the Patriots, has caused him to have many problems.

www.espn.com

 

[n6249c]

Ted really hates this guy. What’s the backstory on why he’s got so much beef with Bill? I’ve heard something to do with an injury.

There’s also some other funny quotes in the article.

He was one of my favorite LB’s back in the day, but he’s been really bitter for some time.

Ted Johnson: Mac Jones has 'maybe saved Bill Belichick's legacy'

Former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson has a hot take on Mac Jones and the rookie quarterback's impact on Bill Belichick's legacy.

sports.yahoo.com

He blames Bill for his CTE.

Ex-Pats LB: Belichick made me play with concussion

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

Regarding the headline I can see the scenario down the road where the story goes from BB can’t win without Tom to BB can’t win without Tom and Mac.

 

[TheRainMaker]

He blamed Bill for playing him when he was not ready after sustaining an injury. Bill admitted later to Ted he screwed up. May have affected Ted's long term health.

Also, he said his experience negotiating with Bill on a new contract was a nightmare. Might explain why things with Brady went south.

Ted Johnson describes experience of negotiating contract with Bill Belichick

To no one’s surprise, negotiating contracts with Bill Belichick isn’t the most pleasant experience. Former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson spent his entire NFL career in Foxboro, but he did have to go through the negotiating process with his longtime head coach. Thursday on Arbella...

www.nbcsports.com

Ex-Pats LB: Belichick made me play with concussion

Former linebacker Ted Johnson says concussions, in part caused by the Patriots, has caused him to have many problems.

www.espn.com

He blames Bill for his CTE.

Ex-Pats LB: Belichick made me play with concussion

Well, I guess that explains that.

 

[jah]

Apparently Ted Johnson admitted to receiving a sheet of opponents' signals on game days from an anonymous source. If true, that's significantly more damning than literally all of the "evidence" that led to this team losing any draft picks.

 

[Schmo]

"Maybe" is the sign of a weak thesis.

Love ya Teddy, not even gonna read the article.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Apparently Ted Johnson admitted to receiving a sheet of opponents' signals on game days from an anonymous source. If true, that's significantly more damning than literally all of the "evidence" that led to this team losing any draft picks.

I'm guessing those were from Ernie Adams after he reviewed the tapes.

 

[Bill Lee]

OK, he gets to use concussions to get a free pass on his "hot takes", what about the rest of the Boston sports talk show hosts?

I think someone must have taken a sledge hammer to Felger and Mazz's heads.

 

[40yrpatsfan]

I'm guessing those were from Ernie Adams after he reviewed the tapes.

the tapes were of defensive signals.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

Ted hates Bill so this is actually good news that he's begrudgingly admitting Mac is the friggin man.

.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

the tapes were of defensive signals.

not all, the Pats admitted to taping offensive signals as well

 

[NashuaPats]

not all, the Pats admitted to taping offensive signals as well

They were taping radio waves? Bill really is a master.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

They weren't taping radio waves? Bill really is a master.

im just telling you what was in the league’s findings

 

[Guts]

Belichick's legacy was already set as the greatest coach of all time in professional sports no matter what. Anything else he accomplishes just further enhances it

 

[Koma]

Johnson was a classic run stuffing inside linebacker who played 4 years for Colorado and then 10 seasons in the NFL. He played his entire career in an era where a lot less was known about concussions and how serious they are. It's believable that Belichick told him to suit up and get on the field before he was ready. It's not believable that Bill McCartney, Bill Parcells and Pete Carroll didn't tell him the same thing. It's unfortunate that Ted Johnson and others have to pay a long term price for this, but that was football culture at that time. I can't say he's wrong to hold a grudge against Belichick, but there's also a decent chance that, even if the Patriots were somehow using modern concussion protocols 20 years ago, Johnson would be in the same spot, cognitively.

 

[mgcolby]

Apparently Ted Johnson admitted to receiving a sheet of opponents' signals on game days from an anonymous source. If true, that's significantly more damning than literally all of the "evidence" that led to this team losing any draft picks.

Huh? How is that damaging? Because that statement makes no sense on the surface. I mean opponents display their signals in front of 80k people plus millions of people on TV. If they continue to use the same signals and the other team figures those out that is the fault of one side and one side only.

There's a reason indicators are used and changed often, in baseball. Often from inning to inning.

 

[Water Boy]

As tough as it is to hear, I don't think he's wrong. If the Patriots don't draft Mac at 15 it's hard to imagine they'd be on the same trajectory. BB has obviously long since earned his Hall of Famer status, but if the Pats continue(d) to have several seasons like last year it would diminish his legacy some.