Photo Emerges Of Socially Distanced Belichick Wearing Mask At Practice

August 12, 2020

The New England Patriots had their first training camp practice Wednesday morning. In addition to the players ready to take on incoming season, head coach Bill Belichick was the one who had all the attention. Socially distanced Belichick was wearing a protective face mask, causing some speculations.

Take a look:

Bill Belichick, masked up and extremely distanced. pic.twitter.com/fsYljzqg5Q
— Zack Cox (@ZackCoxNESN) August 12, 2020

Belichick’s trademark “hoodie” has always been somewhat intimidating for other NFL teams. Now, when the 68-year-old debuts the hoodie-mask combo, they’re in for an even bigger treat.

Not Everyone Is Taking The Pandemic As Serious As Socially Distanced Belichick

As seriously as socially distanced Belichick seems to be taking COVID-19, the same can’t be said for one of his former players.

The longtime New England Patriots tackle Matt Light spoke about his view on the pandemic. And while he pointed out that he takes SARS-CoV-2 seriously, he does not believe the cautious reactions of many are justified.

“I respect anybody’s decision to wear a mask or not wear a mask,” Light said. “The science is real clear on masks, right? There’s no need to interpret it whether it helps saves lives or not, it doesn’t.

“It has no real effect. It makes you feel comfy and warm inside maybe but it doesn’t do anything in the grand scheme of things.”

According to Light, United States citizens should hold themselves to what he considers a higher standard and not automatically follow state and federal guidelines on the pandemic.

“I think we’re better than that,” he said. “I think this country was founded on principles that don’t just say, ‘Hey, when somebody tells you to do something, even if you look around and know there’s not a fire, don’t believe them when they say there’s smoke’. Like c’mon, we’re better than this.”

Added White: “I understand that there is a bug out there. There’s a virus and it is causing harm on certain people, no doubt but it does not warrant what we’re looking at right now. The data clearly points to that.”