NFL commentators regularly drop pearls of wisdom on TV broadcasts gleaned from their exclusive network availability with head coaches.
That happened Sunday when the New England Patriots took on the Miami Dolphins. CBS’s Ian Eagle and Charles Davis asked Belichick last week before the game about “playing rookies and the quarterback position in particular.”
Eagle relayed the following from the Patriots head coach:
“‘Look, we’re in a new world in the NFL,'” Belichick said, via Eagle. “‘You have a young QB, if he’s drafted high, you don’t have forever to figure out whether or not he’s your guy.