Bill Belichick’s presence on the Monday Night Football “ManningCast” has already produced its share of enjoyable soundbites from a Patriots perspective.
In the most recent version, Belichick again reached into his seemingly bottomless well of anecdotes for one that entertained former quarterbacks Eli and Peyton Manning (co-hosts of the program).
Amid the Cowboys-Texans broadcast, the free-flowing conversation eventually stumbled onto the challenge of simulating in practice the trouble with defensive linemen trying to swat passes at the line of scrimmage. Peyton mentioned a rumor that Tom Brady had to regularly go through a drill that involved team staff holding up tennis rackets (in an effort to simulate a tall pass-rush).