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New England Patriots’ Bill Belichick stayed mad at Matt Light for a month after failed prank: ‘He lost all the information on his computer’

Former Patriots offensive lineman Matt Light found himself in hot water with Bill Belichick after a prank he tried playing on the head coach went astray.

In an NFL Network interview with former teammate Willie McGinest, Light recalled the story of how he replaced Belichick’s computer mouse with a zapping mouse one day during training camp.

“We’re in training camp and I found, online, a mouse that you plugged into your computer," Light said. “I walked into Bill’s office when he was in a staff meeting and I replaced his mouse with a shocking mouse.