He has to hope somebody could do for him now.

Bill Belichick being the genius that he is, and no one would dare question that.

His coaching resume speaks for itself, and I would never try to in Pune that because he's phenomenal.

But the bottom line is that you could put dudes in the right place toe win all the time.

They've gotta execute who's gonna execute.

That's the question Mark.

I'm quite sure Bill Belichick sees things before they dio Doesn't matter, can't stop them from seeing what they see.

Can't stop them from doing what they dio.

You could do your best, but ultimately it doesn't work now.

Obviously, when we look at the Patriots last year, you had eight dudes that called out for the season because of covert 19 they didn't want to participate on.

I think that had a devastating impact, which is why I think that Bill Belichick did a damn good job last year and he's not to be, uh, you know, he's not to be insulted in any way.

But at the end of the day, what it comes down to is this.

I don't wanna hear about Bill Belichick and scorcher you mad you met Well, hell, when have you looked happy?

I don't know.

I don't recall Bill Belichick looking happy much.

Okay, unless it's on championship Sunday after winning the Super Bowl that day.

But all of those days preceding that day, he never looked happy any damn way.

So what Luis Riddick is saying doesn't mean much to anybody else.

Bill Bell take always looks that way.

He always looks like he's ready to go scorched earth.

He always looked motivated and unhappy and a bit truculent and acerbic.

And all of those other words that you want to throw it don't make a damn bit of difference.

At the end of the day, that man needs a quarterback.

He needs a quarterback and the GM.

That's Bill Belichick needs to get whatever quarterback he chooses.

Weapons toe, actually throw the football, too.

That's what he needs.

All that scorched earth stuff don't mean nothing don't mean a thing.

Well, I agree about the quarterback because the league has favored quarterbacks in the passing game to the point where it's a little less about coaching and a little more about talent than it used to be.

I think in the NFL, especially on offense.

But I'm with Luis Riddick on this one.

Lose, I'm with you, Bill Belichick.

First of all, look what he was working with last year.

Eight guys off the team to start the season who opted out because of Covic, including High Tower and Chung Gilmore.

Missed a bunch of games.

This is the best defensive players they got and then have anything on a fence named one offensive player that the Patriots had that another team would want to start on There.

Name one guy, have any tight ends or wideouts appeal?

I want that guy or running backs, not a single guy.

So they had nothing on offense and yet, and now they have a quarterback rehabbing off a catastrophic injury who just missed a year and Stephen A, you religiously say, but not a thrower of the football, really, ever at an elite level, right with that dude who then himself got co vid.

So now you've got a new quarterback in a totally new system, the exact opposite of the guy who just had rehabbing from an injury.

Missed a year.

Gotta learn a new system and you can't practice.

You're missing your whole defense and you can't practice.

And then that dude gets co vid.

So now you've got to not only missed the quarterback and it lingers, right, the effects of Cove it on his play.

But you gotta shut down the facilities.

You can't even walk through stuff.

It's impossible now, Louis, in spite of all this, the reason I'm with you.

They won seven games.

They beat the Ravens.

They beat Arizona.

They beat the Raiders.

They beat Miami.

They came a play away from beating Buffalo in a play away from beating Seattle.

So, yes, do I think, given a full preseason, given another year to get it together without opt outs, Bill Belichick is going to come back and have a great year.

Yes, I do, Yeah, look, I think early on this past season, he understood he saw what the writing on the wall was going to be.

And whereas he was never coaching to just get through this season, I think he also understood that 2021 is.

When he was gonna make his return where he was gonna have a bunch of cap space, he knew that he had to address quarterback.

But he knew then he could kind of really restock the coverage for this football team.

And I can tell you this late in the season, talking to him during Monday night production meetings, there was a palpable sense of just frustrating in and discussed at how he wasn't able to get his team to play the way he was accustomed to getting it playing.

And I've heard that I've heard that sound in his voice before.

I heard it when I was sitting in the in the amphitheater in Cleveland, in Maria in the football facility, when we weren't playing up to our potential.

And I know how he comes out firing and with a renewed sense of urgency when he's feeling that way.

Now, Stephen A.

You're right.

It isn't gonna matter unless he goes ahead and address addressing the quarterback position.

And this is where I think you're going to see a change.

And this isn't him saying that this is me just predicting this or kind of forecasting this.

I think you're gonna see a change with which he approaches this off season with a greater sense of urgency instead of sitting back and letting everything come to him.

Which is how what he has had the liberty of doing, given the fact that he is who he is, they've had the success that they've had.

And people basically said, Well, if you wanna win championships, just go to New England.

I don't think anybody necessarily looks at it that way anymore, especially with number 12 not being there anymore.

I think you're going to see a different approach as far as I'm going to be much more aggressive now.

And number one I got No, I know I got to take care of this quarterback position, and I know I've gotta get us some wideouts on the perimeter.

And this is the perfect year to do it.

Number one in free agency and number two in the draft.

And I see you, Stephen.

A I see out of the quarter, my eyes I see you sitting there looked like this.

All I'm saying is this his approach is gonna be there.

Hold on.

Let me finish this.

His approach is gonna be different.

It's gonna be different.

It's gonna be much more aggressive.

And Max, as you point out, look with a roster that was just depleted last year.

He still had people on the ropes over and over again until late in the season where he just couldn't do it anymore.

He couldn't do it with smoking mirrors anymore.

It's gonna be a big year for him.

It's gonna be a big fine, fine, fine.

It's gonna be a good year.

Let me talk to you about something, Mr Chippendales E big Let me let me let me let me just talk about something that I got you a big a big year big year.

Let me talk to you about something, Mr Chippendales.

Alright, smooth that year.

Collar opening your Mac and I got it.

I got it and you've been clearly you were telling a little bit too much.

I thought you did a fantastic job on Monday Night football, but clearly you were telling a little bit too much when it came to Bill Belichick.

Bill Belichick sat back and let things come to him.

Bill Belichick sat back and said Let me just let it come to me.

Stop contact.

You know, Stephen, a Mr Context with which I just said that in the off season, Bill plays the patient game.

He plays the long game better than anybody.

He always has.

But this year is the person's gonna have to be.

Oh, you know what?

You okay?

Okay.

Well, I'm saying Okay, listen, I'm saying overall, he plays a long game better than everyone.

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