After the New England Patriots 34-0 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, head coach Bill Belichick echoed two words for his 1-4 football team: “Start over.”
His offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien agreed.
“Bill’s exactly right,” O’Brien told reporters at Gillette Stadium on Tuesday. “Bill’s coached a lot of years, 50 years in this league, thereabouts. I’ve been around a long time, not just in the pros but in college football. We’ve had good seasons. We’ve had seasons where things early on didn’t go well.
“It always goes back to your fundamentals, your teaching progressions, your fundamentals as a player.