The Reason the Patriots Always Come Back

[dannydyn]

Great piece from "The Ringer"....

The Reason the Patriots Always Come Back

There are about three seconds when everyone waits. It’s the momentary pause after practice when Bill Belichick decides whether the Patriots will run up a hill situated next to New England’s practice field. There’s probably some false hope because they almost always run. Running?—?running a lot, running smarter than anyone else, and running when they do not want to?—?is one of the Patriots’ secret weapons. It is, players and coaches say, a key reason they have engineered some of the greatest comebacks in football history.

Rest of the story in the link above. Good read.

 

[oldrover]

Running is the secret weapon... hmmm... this would also explain the annoying endurance...



...of the chicken littles.

 

[maust]

They aren't just conditioned to play the full 60 they are dedicated to it. Of course there's other reasons, like the one Gabriel pointed out to Sanu last year:
Sanu: “They ain’t ever met nothing like this.”
Gabriel: “It’s Tom Brady, though.”