Give Bill Belichick some credit for at least trying to have some fun with this week, at least for a few seconds.
“Good morning. What’s going on? Got any stories this week?” he quipped as he walked into the Patriots media room for his Wednesday press availability, drawing laughs from reporters in attendance.
There are some stories to talk about, alright, and not just all the football-related questions surrounding Tom Brady’s return to Foxborough on Sunday as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
ESPN senior writer Seth Wickersham, the author behind the upcoming Patriots book titled “It’s Better to Be Feared,” leaked a few details on the friction that drove Brady and the Patriots apart just in time for the quarterback’s homecoming to Gillette Stadium.