Boomer Esiason Gives Two Main Reasons Why Patriots Are In The Super Bowl

The New England Patriots will be making their ninth Super Bowl appearance. The Patriots are dominant on the field, and will keep his dominance for quite some time. Boomer Esiason knows the secret behind their success, and talked about it during his appearance on WEEI’s Mut & Callahan.

Boomer Esiason said there are two things that make them different than other teams.

“As far as the Patriots are concerned, what makes them so great is the adaptability of players,” Esiason explained. “They have three different running backs who can do three different things. They have wide receivers who can be interchangeable –– outside, inside. They have Gronk, who can play wide receiver, and Cordarrelle Patterson, who can run the reverses.

“They have Phillip Dorsett, who can go down the field. It seems all of their players have one specific thing he does really, really well, and everyone has a secondary thing they do well. And most of the guys, especially on defense, have to play special teams. There’s a core of guys who play special teams. I think if you asked Bill Belichick, ‘What is one of more underappreciated aspects of any football team?,’ he would tell you it’s that seven or 10 guys who play special teams –– cover punts, return punts, cover kickoffs, return kickoffs. When you need it, they can make a play.”

Boomer Esiason knows the secret

Esiason said the Patriots display a professionalism that keeps them going every year

“They play in the AFC. The AFC is not that good. The best team in the AFC is so dysfunctional, the Pittsburgh Steelers, they can’t get out of their own way,” he said. “That’s one of the reasons why I think the Patriots have had a lot of success. They’re buttoned up, Brady and Belichick lead this team by example, there’s no messing around, no drama. And when there is drama, it’s manufactured drama on the outside. But for some reason, they are able to stay above it. You don’t see any tweets or Instagram posts. When they do post something, it’s kind of funny and supportive of each other. So they have the secret sauce. The secret sauce is to go to work and do your job and keep it as simple as you possibly can.”