Bill Belichick appears on Tom Brady’s podcast to call him, “the greatest”

Posted by Michael David Smith on February 6, 2023, 7:35 PM EST
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Tom Brady had a star-studded guest list on his first podcast since announcing his retirement, including his longtime Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

Belichick appeared on Brady’s Let’s Go! podcast and praised Brady as the greatest ever to play the game.

“The greatest player, the greatest career, great great person, such an opportunity and honor for me to coach Tom. I guess it’s got to end at some point, but it’s the greatest one ever,” Belichick said. “Congratulations, Tom.”

Belichick drafted Brady in 2000 and the two of them were together for 20 years, winning six Super Bowls together. Brady left for Tampa Bay in free agency and won his seventh Super Bowl with the Buccaneers.

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23 responses to “Bill Belichick appears on Tom Brady’s podcast to call him, “the greatest””

  1. Pure class as always.

    Too bad the Brady camp couldn’t be as congenial acting all butthurt the last 3 years.

  2. Uh oh. This is inconvenient for people who insist there is/was some huge conflict between them.

  6. Wow. Bill said more than five words. He’s almost giddy because Tom will be the reason he gets put in the HOF.

  7. As along time colts fan couldn’t stand them but always respected both of them and thy our both the goat and you talk to them both out of season they both seem like good guys

  8. yeahbut says:
    February 6, 2023 at 7:49 pm
    Goat on Goat love is a beautiful thing.

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    The two GOATs. Throw in Kraft and you have a 3rd.

  9. Brady was always the difference. The narrative that it was all Brady has always been nonsense. Completely disrespectful to his teammates and the great teams that he was a part of. There’s no doubt there was tension in the end with Belichick. Brady was defying the odds of age, and the student had become the master. But I also imagine Brady’s appreciation for Belichick will continue to grow with time and distance. Belichick brought the best out of the greatest player of all time.

  11. That 1st, 4th, and 6th Championship depended on key calls and strategies from Bill. So without Bill, Tom Brady would be nothing more than Joe Montana

  12. Brady is the only reason BB still has a job. He’s been living off Brady’s glory for 2 decades.

  14. It’s worth giving the podcast a listen. Anyone who still insists their was/is animosity between Brady and Belichick will think otherwise afterwards.

  15. MortimerInMiami says:
    February 6, 2023 at 7:44 pm
    Just a friendly reminder that BB without Tom Brady is Jeff Fisher.
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    Just a friendly reminder that Mike Holmgren without Brett Favre is Jeff Fisher. And Bill Walsh without Joe Montana is Jeff Fisher. And Jimmy Johnson without Troy Aikman is Jeff Fisher. What is the point of this? And why is Belichick the only one that gets held to this standard? Every great coach is great because he has great players, specifically a great QB. Don Shula was Jeff Fisher even with Dan Marino, lol.

  16. That was a great listen.

    Anyone who wants to divide the two of them, and you know who you are, give it a listen. It just proves you don’t know what you are talking about.

  17. Tom House and his successor and trainer Alex Guerrro were credited with Brady’s professional development but Belichick presided over those practices as well and had significant input on game strategy, conditioning, and even lifestyle and attitude. And I do think Belichick was the ultimate architect of the short-passing game philosophy on offense. On defense his goal was to force opposing offenses into short-passing games over the course of which they would have to move the ball 80 yards without making a mistake. But he taught and counseled mistake free quarterbacking, largely bc he believed Brady was better at this than opposing QBs (which worked as long as the defense was capable of stopping the big play / long ball, which was not always the case)

    But I will say that Belichick should have given Brady more Manning-like authority over the offense.

  19. Just a friendly reminder that Mike Holmgren without Brett Favre is Jeff Fisher. And Bill Walsh without Joe Montana is Jeff Fisher. And Jimmy Johnson without Troy Aikman is Jeff Fisher. What is the point of this? And why is Belichick the only one that gets held to this standard?

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    What kind of talents did Mike Holmgren put around Favre? What kind of talents did Walsh put around Montana? What kind of talents did Jimmy Johnson put around Aikman?

    I don’t know how you fail to see that BeliCHEAP is a paraiste.

  20. Belichick was the ultimate architect of the short-passing game philosophy on offense.

    +++++++++++++++++++++

    Who doesn’t want to build top offense, especially playoff, with bunches of cheap slot receivers?

    To say BeliCHEAP was the architect is like to claim Chinese were the reason United States could send men to the Moon because they had dreamed of flying to the Moon for thousands of years.

  21. What kind of talents did Mike Holmgren put around Favre? What kind of talents did Walsh put around Montana? What kind of talents did Jimmy Johnson put around Aikman?

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    Typical response…..Walsh and Johnson had no salary cap to manage. Thats a huge difference.

    As for Holmgren, why don’t you tell us about the great talent those Packers had and how it was so superior to the Pats teams. Fave, Reggie, and Butler are the HOFers….went to 2 whole super bowls…….yahoo???

  22. Typical response…..Walsh and Johnson had no salary cap to manage. Thats a huge difference.

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    LOL, then why Belichick could have BOTH top offense and top defense at same time?

    1996 Packers defense was #1 on TPA and TYA, and Pats defense was never among top 5 in TYA between 2001 and 2006. Antonio Freeman played only 12 games in 1996 and was a top receiver like Stephen Diggs.

    Anyway, Packers squad was way better than what Brady had in 2001. In what way did Brady deserve less credits for SB than Favre did?

  23. That 1st, 4th, and 6th Championship depended on key calls and strategies from Bill. So without Bill, Tom Brady would be nothing more than Joe Montana

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    Do you even understand the difference between “Brady needed defense” and “Brady needed Belichick’s defense”?

    #1, Brady could have won the SB against Seahawks with any 11 other defense.
    #2, Brady could have won the first SB with Tony Dungy’s Bucs.
    #3, The 2019 SB? Rams offense lost its #1 and #2 play makers, there were several other defenses that could contain it to 10 points or less, and Brady would have better weapons.

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