Bill Belichick Reveals Something Tom Brady ‘Hated’ With Patriots

Tom Brady wanted to be prepared for everything as an NFL quarterback.

Brady’s precise attention to detail and widespread preparation helped separate himself from the rest of the league’s signal-callers. There were so many times when Brady seemed to know exactly what the defense was doing, and even when the opposition made things difficult, the future Pro Football Hall of Famer found a way to make a play.

That was due in part to Brady making sure his teams were equipped to handle virtually any situation. Bill Belichick shed light on that aggressive game-planning on a recent episode of his “COACH” podcast for Underdog Fantasy.

“What Tom hated was a play that only gave him one option,” Belichick said. “Like, we’re gonna run this play, we’re gonna throw to this guy. That’s great if it works, but if he’s not open, then what are we gonna do? We don’t have anything else. He would come in and say, ‘Here we go again. I never want to call a play where I only have one option on the play. I hate that.’ You give Tom a lot of options, he would always pick out the best one. It was great because it always reinforced me. Like, I’ll make sure I don’t call that play because I know what Tom’s thinking. And when you know what your quarterback’s thinking and he knows what you’re thinking, it makes everything so much easier.”

So, while NFL fans and media members like to harp on the difference in philosophies between Brady and Belichick, they seemingly were on the same page more often than not. The six Super Bowl championship banners at Gillette Stadium make it difficult to argue otherwise.