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Bill Belichick pulled back the curtains on how he managed to maintain the relationship between quarterback Tom Brady and wide receiver Antonio Brown in good places while he was the head coach of the New England Patriots.
The Patriots signed wide receivers towards the beginning of the 2019 season, following a sudden departure from the Las Vegas Raiders. He ultimately played one game for New England, making four catches and touchdowns for 56 yards. Even if he was a one-hit wonder at Foxborough, Brady and Brown had developed a relationship that followed the Buccaneers in Tampa Bay.
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, right and wide receiver Antonio Brown will interact before the start of the match against the Miami Dolphins on September 15, 2019 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Belichick, the head football coach at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, opened on his “The Pivot” podcast about the secret element to keeping the relationship: $5,000 milk. Host Ryan Clark pointed to a chapter in Belichick's book, The Art of Winning: My Life in Football, a chapter on star players.
“One of the funniest stories in the book is the story of Antonio Brown. He was a patriot for 11 days,” Belichick said. “And Tom is very nutritionally conscious. Antonio wanted to… Antonio to come to his house, accept him and take him to the team.
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New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown watches before his match against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on September 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
“Antonio ordered this special milk for Brady. It cost $5,000. To shorten the long story, it got a bit confusing and ended up in the mail room for too long, causing the milk to get worse.”
Belichick said Patriot staff got $5,000 worth of milk to give Brown a helping hand.
“So, now we're going to submit this expense report – $5,000 worth of milk. Sometimes you just had to do the right thing and I didn't want to ruin this rotten milk brown and Brady relationship,” he said.
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is keeping an eye on during his practice on September 18, 2019 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, file)
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Although Brown's time with the Patriots didn't last long, he and Brady won the Super Bowl while they were with the Buccaneers during the 2020 season.
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