Remember the 2016 comments of head coach Bill Belichick, where he roasted Tom Brady, saying he “can’t run?” He made this statement when the now 72-year-old was asked whether the legendary quarterback can play a specific sport – Lacrosse – or not? However, eight years later, Belichick is back to comment on the sport, joining a well-known sports brand.

The Patriots former head coach, Bill Belichick, recently shared a story on his official Instagram account. In this September 30 post, fans could see a collection of green lacrosse jerseys laid out on the floor. Announcing the update, Belichick informed his fans that he has recently collaborated with $118 billion corporation, Nike, to support America’s biggest growing sport. Along with the snap, he also wrote a caption, giving a glimpse of what it is all about: “Practice lacrosse jerseys going out to collegiate programs in need thanks to @nike!”

According to Spotlight, lacrosse is “the fastest-growing sport in North America, with 2.9 million people in the last several years. While the sport was created in 1867, the membership growth rate in the past several years has exploded by 579%.” And the current sports figure to join in this is Bill Belichick, who once talked about his one true love, which has been the sport of lacrosse.

To the people who are unaware of it, Bill Belichick, via CBS News, has “played lacrosse throughout his life, and also served as the captain of the Wesleyan lacrosse team in his senior season.” Hence, when he was asked about which Patriots players he would want for a hypothetical lacrosse team for himself, Belichick rejected Brady’s name. Roasting Tom Brady, the HC said, “Eh. I’d put him in the goal. He can’t run. I mean. He can’t run. He can’t dodge. He can’t run.” Well it seems it didn’t sit well with the former quarterback himself, who this year, sniped back at Belichick, humorously saying, “I would have surprised you BB!! You should never doubt me (with an angry face emoji).”

Nevertheless, at present, there is one thing that Belichick is agreeing with Tom Brady, and that is on his Baker Mayfield’s comments.

Bill Belichick defended Tom Brady’s latest response to the Bucs QB!

Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers pulled off a big 33-16 win over the Eagles in Week 4. However, what made the game even more interesting was that Tom Brady was in the booth, calling the game for FOX Sports. Now, here’s where it gets juicy.

So what happened was, before the game, Mayfield mentioned the team felt less stressed with him at quarterback, which many saw as a subtle dig at Brady. This was because, before Mayfield, Tom Brady was the quarterback for Tampa Bay. Hence, during the broadcast when Brady was asked to share his take on Mayfield’s comment, the legendary QB didn’t let it slide. Adding a humorous tone, the 47-year-old said, via FOX21, “Being stressful is not having a Super Bowl ring and that if he wanted to have fun, he’d go to Disneyland with his kids.” Ouch, that was a classic statement by Tom Brady, right?

Well, after these comments, during an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show, Bill Belichick was asked about his take on Brady’s latest jibe at Mayfield. Hence, defending his former player, Belichick responded, “I certainly understand where Tom coming from. Honestly, I think there’s a lot more stress when you’re not winning. Winning is hard, it’s very hard in the NFL… I think both of those guys have a lot of respect for each other. I don’t think either one of them really is malicious.”

In addition to that, the HC pointed out that both quarterbacks are successful in their own right. However, “Nobody’s more successful than Brady. I don’t know anybody could question anything Tom has done… probably the greatest player of all time and certainly had the most success of any NFL player. So, let’s leave it at that.”

Well, Bill Belichick subtly defended Tom Brady, who won a Super Bowl in his first season with the Buccaneers and also racked up two division titles with them.

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