{"id":83762,"date":"2022-10-01T12:05:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T12:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bill-belichick-geeks-out-over-football-history-as-patriots-travel-to-green-bay\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T12:05:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T12:05:58","slug":"bill-belichick-geeks-out-over-football-history-as-patriots-travel-to-green-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bill-belichick-geeks-out-over-football-history-as-patriots-travel-to-green-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Belichick geeks out over football history as Patriots travel to Green Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Patriots coach Bill Belichick has a reputation for only grumbling out a few words when asked questions by the media, but he can be the most articulate coach in the NFL when asked about a topic he enjoys talking about. And there are few topics Belichick enjoys talking about more than the history of football.<\/p>\n

So with the Patriots traveling to Green Bay to take on the Packers on Sunday, Belichick delivered a long lecture about the Packers’ place in football history at his press conference on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talked about this Wednesday, but I had a chance to show the team some of the great Packer players, coaches, [Curly] Lambeau, so we all know who Lambeau is. She saw him on the sideline. [Clarke] hinkle, [Cecil] Isbell, [Don] Hutson, great,\u201d Belichick said. \u201cSome of the great players there. Just connecting the dots a little bit there. Lot of tradition there, lot of tradition going into Lambeau. Seeing those names up on the stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n

Belichick talked about enjoying seeing the Lambeau Field scoreboard when he watches Packers film.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you watch film, and they play at home, which they did against the Bears, right? But, plenty of other games to watch. Every time they show the scoreboard, there’s Hutson, right? there’s [Vince] Lombardy. There’s Lambeau. You see the names literally after every play, or actually, before every play,\u201d Belichick said. \u201cBefore every play on the scoreboard shot. Some of our players, honestly, they don’t know who some of these people are. I mean, this is 80 years ago or more. I mean, Lambeau started in what, 1921? About 100 years for him. Now he was there, what, 25 years? Mid 40s? I forget what his last year was, but somewhere in there. But, I’m just saying, it’s just kind of, you see a lot of names, you see them on the stadium, see everybody talking about them. The stadium’s named after him. Who is he? Who’s Hutson? Bear Bryant, Hutson, Lambeau, [Knute] Rockne, Notre Dame. I think there’s a lot that these players and coaches, I’ve talked to the coaches about it too, you know, ‘I’ve heard about it, where is this all kind of connected?’ It’s all kind of interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Belichick then showed a detailed knowledge of the Xs and Os of Curly Lambeau’s offense, and how Lambeau shifted from a power running offense to the NFL’s best passing offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cLambeau took the Notre Dame box, which was a shift in the backfield, power football, nobody ever split out, power play after power play after power play. That’s what it was and then he got Hutson. Then he got Isbell and then he got Hinkle and then he very quickly became ‘Air Lambeau.’ Split Hutson out, you never saw that. So they actually had a split receiver, actually ran pass patterns, pass routes. Isbell was a, like they all were, quarterback-tailbacks, but he could throw. I mean, this guy was a tremendous passer and the Isbell-Hutson connection was a good one, a very good one. I mean, the best in football. Then they got Hinkle, and Hinkle was a great runner. Not that Isbell couldn’t run, but not like Hinkle could. Then it became sort of, Isbell could throw, Hinkle could run and so it was the T from the single-wing, right? Instead of handing the ball from the T-formation, they handed it off from the single-wing formation. Isbell ran occasionally, but most of the time it was Hinkle, and then when they wanted to throw, it was Isbell throwing to primarily Hutson, but whoever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next, Belichick explained how Hutson was such a great player coming out of Alabama that two NFL teams signed him, resulting in the NFL commissioner having to determine which team had submitted its contract first. The NFL implemented the draft after that to determine how college players would be allocated.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then the whole Hutson and the draft story, like that’s another tremendous story,\u201d Belichick said. \u201cThe whole NFL draft really is a result of the Hutson situation. Which of course all these guys were drafted, or were involved in the draft, every single one of them. Why do we have a draft? hutson That’s why we have a draft. We’ve got post mark, postage stamps and letters. Is he a Giant? Is he a Packer? Is he a Giant? Is he a Packer? Alright, he’s a Packer. Betting on him was probably worth it. He greatest receiver in the history of football and certainly in that era. I’m sure he still has a pretty major role in all of the NFL history stats. That’s always kind of fun to look back on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Belichick talked about his first time seeing the Packers in person, and then explained the Packers’ history of playing in both Green Bay and Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, preseason game. No actually that was in Milwaukee when I was with the Lions. I actually went there and scouted them,\u201d Belichick recalled. \u201cSo it was two games in Milwaukee. If I have this right, it was two games in Milwaukee, and six games in Green Bay, or five games in Green Bay back in the 14-game season. Something like that. In Milwaukee, of course you had both teams at center field. The whole baseball setup. Which was fairly common back in those days. Now you had the other baseball stadiums like Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, or Cleveland Municipal Stadium where teams were on opposite sides. But like here in Fenway, Minnesota and Milwaukee. We had both teams on the same sideline. Again, that was another thing we saw today. That was a look at it, it was actually a game in Detroit. But it’s like why are both teams on the same side of the field? But that was baseball stadiums. But it’s quite, honestly it’s quite a scene there. The whole, the community, it’s kind of in a residential area. Then all of a sudden the stadium just like pops out in the middle of nowhere and here you are. That’s Green Bay. But the fact that they played two games away from Green Bay for however many years they did that, it was quite a few, in Milwaukee. It’s really a state team. See all the cheeseheads. It’s great.\u201d<\/p>\n

None of that history will matter much to the Patriots on Sunday, but Belichick said he spent time making sure the Patriots’ players and coaches knew that history this week, as he sees the history of the game as something everyone in the NFL should know.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick has a reputation for only grumbling out a few words when asked questions by the media, but he can be the most articulate coach in the NFL when asked about a topic he enjoys talking about. And there are few topics Belichick enjoys talking about more than the history …<\/p>\n

Bill Belichick geeks out over football history as Patriots travel to Green Bay<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":83160,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/new-england-patriots-rule-out-qb-mac-jones-brian-hoyer-gets-started-vs-green-bay-packers\/","url_meta":{"origin":83762,"position":0},"title":"New England Patriots rule out QB Mac Jones; Brian Hoyer gets started vs. Green Bay Packers","date":"September 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Despite a surprise appearance at the start of practice Friday, New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones will not play in Sunday's road game against the Green Bay Packers, the team announced.Jones has what doctors diagnosed as a severe high-ankle sprain that would cause many to have surgery\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":83134,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/new-england-patriots-rule-out-qb-mac-jones-brian-hoyer-set-to-start\/","url_meta":{"origin":83762,"position":1},"title":"New England Patriots rule out QB Mac Jones; Brian Hoyer set to start","date":"September 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones has been ruled out of Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers because of his left ankle injury.Jones was ruled out after making a surprise return to the practice field Friday. His injured ankle was wrapped tightly as he moved gingerly during the brief\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":86504,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bailey-zappe-made-it-clear-there-are-options-for-the-patriots-at-quarterback\/","url_meta":{"origin":83762,"position":2},"title":"Bailey Zappe made it clear there are options for the Patriots at quarterback","date":"October 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Commentary Bailey Zappe has already made it known that he can handle the heat. Don't think Belichick isn't letting Mac Jones know. Bailey Zappe celebrates with DeVante Parker after completing his first touchdown reception against the Green Bay Packers during third quarter. Matthew J. Lee\/Globe Staff The Patriots stink. But\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bailey-Zappe-633b4b3e2bd07-768x432.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":80881,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/former-patriots-assistant-thinks-mac-jones-could-be-in-danger-of-losing-his-job\/","url_meta":{"origin":83762,"position":3},"title":"Former Patriots assistant thinks Mac Jones could be in danger of losing his job","date":"September 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"There's no question that the alarming amount of turnovers committed by New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones this season are troubling. He has thrown five interceptions in just three games, including three in the team's 37-26 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 3.It's no secret that turning the football\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":80971,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/what-do-i-look-like-a-doctor\/","url_meta":{"origin":83762,"position":4},"title":"‘What do I look like, a doctor?’","date":"September 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"On good days, Bill Belichick doesn't like discussing injuries.These are not the best of days for the New England Patriots. They're 1-2. Their offense has been a struggle. And they'll presumably be without quarterback Mac Jones this week.We need to add \"presumably\" because Belichick isn't saying. He won't even say\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":72860,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/matt-patricia-expected-to-call-offensive-plays-for-patriots-with-influence-from-bill-belichick\/","url_meta":{"origin":83762,"position":5},"title":"Matt Patricia expected to call offensive plays for Patriots with ‘influence’ from Bill Belichick","date":"September 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"We may finally have the answer to who will be calling offensive plays for the New England Patriots in Week 1. And the answer is reportedly Matt Patricia.According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Patricia, the former head coach of the Detroit Lions, will be calling offensive plays for the Patriots.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sports"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-461493808-e1664616507339.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}