Bill Belichick Still Can’t Tell The McCourty Twins Apart

Jason McCourty has a nice contribution for the New England Patriots this year. This summer it looked like there is no chance that he makes the opening 53-man roster. But, he managed to do it, and had an awesome season. But, head coach Bill Belichick cannot tell the McCourty twins apart.

“Well, he plays multiple spots on the defense, so he really has moved around probably more than any other player in the secondary over the 10 games we’ve played. But even at corner, he’s played inside. He’s played outside, unlike really any other player we have. He played safety. He’s a smart guy. He’s a versatile player. He’s shown a lot of versatility considering he missed the spring, but from training camp on he’s done a lot of good things for us. He’s been very dependable, and tough, and durable and played multiple positions for kind of the newest member of the secondary, if you will. I mean, not counting J.C. Jackson, but he’s had a lot of responsibilities that guys like Patrick Chung or Devin McCourty have had. As a corner, he’s actually taken the brunt of those,” Belichick said of McCourty. Jason McCourty. Yes, we are trying to make it clear for those who cannot tell apart the McCourty twins.

“They make it really hard. I don’t usually look at numbers. I can usually tell just from looking at the guy who it is. I don’t really look at a number and register the player. I can just recognize him. It’s hard with those guys,” Belichick said of the twins.

Belichick said that Jason helped the team scout Devin when he came out of college and made him a projection of what the safety could be in the NFL.

“A little bit. Yeah, we were aware of it. I’d say he was a little bit of a long shot to make the team. What was he, like a sixth-round pick or something like that? So, not a total long shot but it wasn’t like he went in the first round like Devin did. They both played the same position, a similar position. It’s a little bit different because they played boundary and field. In Coach Greg Schiano’s system there was a difference between corners. It wasn’t all the same. Obviously, they have a lot of similar skills in terms of their size, their speed. I’d say their toughness, tackling ability, things like that are pretty similar. Yeah, it kind of registered with us. I think we saw Devin as not a safety. He kind of evolved into that and he had a good year as a corner, two good years as a corner, right? Two good years before he moved into safety. That was probably more by our need than he needed to move. It was more we needed to move him than he needed to move. But I think it’s worked out well for everybody,” Belichick said.