Former Patriots defensive end Chris Long was put in an uncomfortable spot in the days after his Eagles team defeated the Patriots in Super Bowl LII.
Eagles offensive lineman Lane Johnson said at the time that “‘The Patriot Way’ is a fear-based organization” and the players “act like [expletive] robots.”
Due to the fact that Long was on the Patriots a season prior when they won Super Bowl LI, several people speculated that he told Johnson that playing in New England under Bill Belichick wasn’t fun. However, Long took exception to that notion when asked about it in a recent interview with NBC Sports Boston’s Tom E.