Former Patriots Heath Evans Shares Never-Before Told Bill Belichick/Tom Brady Story

Former Patriot Heath Evans knows a really good story about Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. We know that Belichick likes to deliver a dose of criticism to players who sort of deserve it. Brady isn’t immune to this despite his GOAT title.

Evans played for Belichick from 2005 through 2008. He went on the Your Mom’s House podcast and shared some details of his experience in New England.

“The best thing about Bill is, there’s not a whole lot of people that can ‘mother-(expletive)’ Tom Brady in a team meeting room,” Evans said. “When you’re in New England, if you’re the superstar, you get coached harder than everyone else. And if you’re the 53rd man on the roster or maybe the 35th guy on the roster like I was, then you’re going to be on this staggered scale of your level of accountability and how hard you get come down on because he knows, ultimately, me at the 35th man on the roster is going to follow Brady at No. 1 on the roster, so if Brady’s not challenged and he’s not working and he’s not held accountable then you create this level of inconsistency. And so that’s a gift in itself.”

He remembers a story from the 2007 season, and now it’s confirmed: Belichick rips Brady and uses some really crazy comments to do so.

“I remember it was ’07, we smoked a team by like 50 points and Bill comes in and he’s mouthing off at Brady about something,” Evans said. “I’m trying to remember how it started, but he was like ‘If you weren’t so worried about you and Gisele’s next GQ Magazine, maybe, just maybe you wouldn’t have thrown that interception. What is this Christmas, it’s October, Brady. Christmas come early or something? I could go to Foxborough High and get someone to throw that ball better than you.’ So he’s just going at him, you know?”

It’s no longer a secret that Belichick gives Brady a hard time during meetings. Martellus Bennett shared another story about Belichick’s criticism, adding that Brady uses it as a motivation to become better.

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