The New England Patriots have been faced with — well, humbling scenarios as of late.
One of the best teams in the history of football now finds itself coming off a 34-0 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday — the first shutout for the team at home since 2016.
It’s a long way since head coach Bill Belichick was at the helm with future Hall of Famer Tom Brady as his quarterback. Still, Brady still has faith in his former coach and believes his approach will remain the same despite the 1-4 start.
“Absolutely,” Brady said on the latest episode of Let’s Go! “I think that he’s got a very consistent approach that he’s always taken and, you know, it’s the right approach. It’s try to prepare the players, give them the best opportunity to succeed. You know, you get out there on the field in the end, the coaches, once the play is called in the players gotta go do it. And it takes a great coaching staff to win. It takes great players to win. It takes great front office support to win. It’s an organizational win. It’s an organizational loss. To ascribe a win or loss to one player — and they did that for me a lot with winning and I always say, ‘It’s not about me, it’s about us.’ And when you lose, as a leader, when you lose you take the blame and you give the credit when you win. But at the end of the day it’s a team sport.”
The offensive part of the game alone has been tough to watch for the Patriots. There’s no moving the ball with turnovers and falling early to the opposing team continues to be the theme.
Brady knows the numbers aren’t what they ought to be, or what he’s certainly used to, but there are things he doesn’t anticipate changing for Belichick.
“I think the results are different from what they’ve been, but I know that he’s still got the same work ethic, he’s got the same coaching style,” Brady added. “I think the thing that I think as I watch not only the Patriots, but a lot of other things, football’s a hard sport. You know, it was very different when I was in there because I could control a lot of the outcome.”
“It’s all hard,” Brady said. “Losing is hard, winning is hard. To be in it year in and year out is hard. To lose and have a horrible season is very hard.”
About Jessica Kleinschmidt
Jess is a baseball fan with Reno, Nev. roots residing in the Bay Area. She is the host of "Short and to the Point" and is also a broadcaster with the Oakland A's Radio Network. She previously worked for MLB.com and NBC Sports Bay Area.