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‘I don’t think I’ve ever even talked to the guy’: Bill Belichick on Seth Wickersham’s new Patriots book

Hours after the Patriots lost to Tom Brady’s Buccaneers 19-17 on Sunday night, Bill Belichick was already back at it on Monday morning for his weekly interview on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show.”

Asked about the decisive moment in the game — the Patriots’ decision to attempt a 56-yard field goal instead of going for it on fourth and three at the Tampa Bay 37-yard line with 59 seconds remaining — Belichick noted his confidence in the New England kicking game.

“I was thinking we were going to make it,” said Belichick of the field goal attempt, which hit the upright and bounced out.