COMMENTARY
For someone perceived as stubborn, it’s interesting how one of Bill Belichick’s strengths as a talent evaluator is a willingness to admit a mistake and cut his losses.
Literally cut them, actually. From the roster, I mean. Not with a blade. That’s not allowed under the collective bargaining agreement. Belichick has absolutely no issue dumping a high draft pick or a pricey free-agent signing if he’s not, as the saying goes, doing his job.
His depth chart is a meritocracy, and always has been going back to his early seasons here, when that skinny sixth-round pick quarterback – right, the one taken three rounds after Giovanni Carmazzi – began outshining the $103 million incumbent, Drew Bledsoe, in practice.