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‘Boston’s a great sports town’: Bill Parcells on the Patriots, Bill Belichick, and the modern NFL

Few people in football have a better perspective on both the Patriots and Bill Belichick than Bill Parcells.

The 82-year-old retired coach employed Belichick as a defensive assistant with multiple teams during his Hall of Fame career, including in New England during the 1996 run to Super Bowl XXXI.

So as Parcells views Belichick’s exit from the Patriots — and potential pursuit of another NFL head coaching role — what’s his take?

“I wouldn’t give him any advice, I really wouldn’t,” Parcells told Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy in a recent interview.