{"id":99601,"date":"2022-10-17T13:25:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T13:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/brenden-schooler-on-viral-bill-belichick-snub-i-was-a-little-too-excited\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T13:25:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T13:25:55","slug":"brenden-schooler-on-viral-bill-belichick-snub-i-was-a-little-too-excited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/brenden-schooler-on-viral-bill-belichick-snub-i-was-a-little-too-excited\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenden Schooler on viral Bill Belichick snub: ‘I was a little too excited’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brenden Schooler can’t help but laugh at himself for his viral moment with Bill Belichick during Sunday’s win over the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n

The New England Patriots’ rookie special teamer recovered a muffed punt and attempted to give the ball to his head coach<\/a>. The look on Belichick’s face said it all as he hilariously declined Schooler’s gesture.<\/p>\n

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Predictably, the awkward exchange quickly became an Internet meme. Schooler shared his side of the story after the 38-15 Pats victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just trying to — it was obviously a big game for him coming back to Cleveland,\u201d Schooler said, per NESN.com. \u201cSo, just a nice gesture: ‘Here’s the game ball.’ But I think I was a little too excited and should’ve waited until after.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schooler’s thought process was understandable as it was a big day for Belichick. The win marked the 324th of his legendary head-coaching career, tying him with George Halas for second all-time. The fact he accomplished the feat against the Browns, who fired him in 1996, was icing on the cake.<\/p>\n

Schooler was asked whether Belichick tying Halas factored into his decision to present him the ball.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it’s a little bit of everything,\u201d Schooler said. \u201cAnd it’s just like, you know, you obviously want to win on the road especially. It’s a big win on the road for us. It just happened to be in Cleveland this week. So, just trying to, you know, know the situation. But I think I should’ve waited a couple of minutes to go give it to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Despite Belichick’s snub, Schooler certainly made his head coach happy with his second muffed punt recovery of the season.<\/p>\n

The Patriots will look to earn their third consecutive win next week when they host the Chicago Bears for a Monday Night Football showdown.<\/p>\n