The NFL season will not start until early September, but the New England Patriots’ head coach is already in top form not quite two months removed from his team’s sixth Super Bowl title. Speaking to the media for the first time since the final presser in Atlanta after the Patriots’ win over the L.A. Rams, Belichick did what he does best: say little about the state of the club with free agency basically in the rear-view mirror and the draft one month away.
The big topic at the NFL coaches breakfast, however, was neither of the two but instead the retirement of tight end Rob Gronkowski.