Who needs the Grinch during the holidays when you have Bill Belichick?
Chargers tight end Asante Cleveland says the New England Patriots’ coach called him last year — on Christmas — to tell him he was being cut from the roster to make room for a new player, leading to this early New Year’s resolution.
“Phone off on Christmas,” Cleveland told The San Diego Union-Tribune. “It’s going to be the new rule I go with for the rest of my life. Only bad news can come. Good news will still be there the next day.”
And how did that fateful call end?