As the years go by in New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s career, he comes out more and more looking like a player’s coach. Likely because he outwardly presents himself (at least to the media) as a terse and, at times, grumpy man, Belichick has earned a reputation.
But tackle Trent Brown is the latest player to vouch for Belichick as being a great man to work under.
“Bill cool as (expletive) honestly,” Brown said in an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show last week. “I think a lot of people have his personality misconstrued, just because — and that’s another thing I love about him — with the Patriots we keep (expletive) in house.
“Whatever people speculate on the outside is just what they speculate, but they’ll never really get some truth’s from inside the building… He’s a cool guy. Super cool. Lot of personality.”
Belichick has gone out of his way to acquire Brown at multiple points in his career. The Patriots traded for Brown in 2018 and in 2021. They also retained him in free agency this offseason when they signed him to a two-year, $13 million deal. New England also has had enough faith in Brown where it is experimenting with him at left tackle — even if he doesn’t adhere to the team’s traditional focus on film study.
“For me, I’m not really big on film study,” Brown said. “I watch film when we watch film together as a team. But for me, we go out and work on technique day in and day out. So I’d rather rely on my technique than watching film, expecting this move here on the first third-down after halftime. If I’m sitting on this move and it doesn’t come then I’m looking like an (expletive), you know?”
