Boston.com · Jun 2, 2022
10 things we learned from Ernie Adams’s in-depth podcast interview
Patriots
"We've been having a football conversation for 50 years," Adams said of his friendship with Bill Belichick.
Ernie Adams in 2018. Jim Davis/Globe StaffThere are few people in the football world Bill Belichick trusts more than Ernie Adams.
Adams, 69, first met Belichick in 1970 when the two were in high school. Then seniors on an undefeated football team at Phillips Academy, they formed a friendship and found a mutual passion for football that has spanned decades, taking them to several NFL teams and (eventually) an unprecedented run of Super Bowl wins.
In 2021, Adams retired from the Patriots after two decades as the team’s football research director.
