What if he had been an ally?
Philip Rivers and Antonio Gates would own a Super Bowl ring or rings, perhaps, and maybe the Chargers would have had enough juice to get a new stadium built in San Diego.
Back to reality, or what passes for reality when an NFL coach talks to us sportswriters about the next opponent.
Patriots coach Belichick spoke Monday about Rivers, Gates and their team, in advance of Sunday’s Divisional playoff game in Foxborough, Mass, where snow and sub-freezing temperatures are forecast.