{"id":44134,"date":"2022-10-31T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=44134"},"modified":"2022-10-31T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T20:38:00","slug":"watch-the-patriots-celebrate-bill-belichick-passing-george-halas-on-nfl-wins-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2022\/10\/31\/watch-the-patriots-celebrate-bill-belichick-passing-george-halas-on-nfl-wins-list\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: The Patriots Celebrate Bill Belichick Passing George Halas On NFL Wins List"},"content":{"rendered":"

After defeating the New York Jets on Sunday, Bill Belichick moved into second place on the all-time head coach wins list.<\/span><\/p>\n

Belichick now has 325 career wins (regular season and postseason), which breaks a tie with Pro Football Hall of Famer and Chicago Bears legend George Halas. Don Shula holds the NFL record with 347 wins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked about his career milestone, Belichick diverted attention away from himself, electing to credit his players.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be able to talk about that when it\u2019s over. We\u2019ll add them up at the end,” Belichick\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span><\/a>\u00a0postgame. “I\u2019m just happy for our team and appreciate all the great players we\u2019ve had who\u2019ve won those games. We had a couple of them in the locker room besides our players. Guys like (Devin) McCourty and (Matthew) Slater, (Jerrod) Mayo, Troy Brown. Those guys won a lot of games for us, for me, so those are team wins.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However, his quarterback Mac Jones and linebackers Matthew Judon and Josh Uche praised the future Hall of Famer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJust wanted to give a huge congratulations to Coach Belichick,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span>Jones<\/span><\/a>. \u201cWhat an accomplishment, obviously he\u2019s done a great job here, and it\u2019s just a blessing to be able to play for him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Uche shared a similar message about his coach, joking \u201cY\u2019all don\u2019t know the real Bill…A great guy, a great leader, and got some of the best jokes I\u2019ve heard in a while. So, it\u2019s fun to come into meetings. You never ever know what to expect and the greatest coach of all time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly, Judon expressed his pride in playing for Belichick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“We\u2019re very proud of our coach…He tells us players are winning games, but he won all of those games. He game-planned, he did the film, he did the preparation, he did the study and he put his players in a position to make plays. Him being second all-time that\u2019s just a compliment to him as a coach, the longevity that he\u2019s had, and just the success that he\u2019s had.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the locker room after the game, Patriots owner Robert Kraft gave a speech to the team and presented Belichick with a game ball.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Devin McCourty followed the speech with a celebratory water bottle shower on his longtime coach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You can see the celebration for yourself from the Patriots inside the locker room footage below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n