Bill Belichick Loves to Say 'No One Works Harder' Than (Insert Player Name Here)
By Ryan Phillips | Sep 1, 2020, 2:34 PM EDT
Bill Belichick threw an enormous compliment in Cam Newton's direction when he said, "No one works harder than Cam does." Now that's a damn statement and says a lot about Newton and who he is as a player. There's just one problem: Belichick has said that about a lot of his players.
??? (via @SiriusXMNFL) @CameronNewton | @Patriots pic.twitter.com/tpe1wfaO6W
— NFL (@NFL) September 1, 2020
Yeah, so apparently the New England Patriots head coach says this pretty frequently. In 2018, Zack Cox from NESN pointed this out:
According to Bill Belichick over the years, nobody works harder than:
— Zack Cox (@ZackCoxNESN) August 1, 2018
Tom Brady
James Develin
Brandin Cooks
Deatrich Wise
Derek Rivers
Stephen Gostkowski
Chris Hogan
Matthew Slater
Julian Edelman
Danny Amendola
Dion Lewis
Wes Welker
Jerod Mayo
or Tim Wright
And we now have evidence he's said it about Tom Brady, Deatrich Wise, Derek Rivers and Matthew Slater:
Belichick actually uses this a lot. pic.twitter.com/rJEEzSxYwJ
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 1, 2020
That's a lot of guys who work harder than everyone else.
Either Belichick just has a limited number of phrases he uses and doesn't care to keep track of the statements he's throwing around, or he's just doing this to mess with the media. Honestly, it's even odds for which explanation is correct.