Mild-mannered Adam Thielen can be quite the ornery cuss between the white lines of an NFL field.
But, sorry Adam, if sideline tiffs with Bill Belichick were an Olympic sport, you'd have to settle for bronze. And that's just among three notable Belichickian Battles witnessed by this observer going back to Week 1 of the 1992 season.
In the Vikings' 24-10 loss to the Patriots on Sunday, Thielen took vehement offense when Patriots safety Patrick Chung suddenly collapsed because of an injury at precisely the moment Belichick needed more time to study the homefield replay board and challenge the spot on a fourth-and-1 play.