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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick took offense to the notion that revenge was first and foremost on Tom Brady's mind as he embarked on a 2016 season that ended in victory at Super Bowl LI on Sunday night in Houston.
Speaking at a press conference Monday, Belichick said Brady's work ethic has remained the same throughout his NFL career, per ESPN.com's Mike Reiss:
I think it's really inappropriate to suggest that in Tom's career that he's been anything other than a great teammate, a great worker, and has given us every single ounce of effort, blood, sweat and tears that he has in him.