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Read Bill Belichick’s entire 6-minute monologue about football history

We already knew that if you want to get Bill Belichick talking, ask him about quarterback mechanics, timeout strategy, or Dont’a Hightower’s defensive instincts. Now we can add another topic to that list: Belichick’s appreciation for football history.

At a press conference Wednesday, ahead of Super Bowl LIII, a reporter asked the Patriots head coach where he developed his love of both football history and U.S. history, adding that Belichick seemed to know just about everything that had happened in the sport over the past 50 years.

“Do I take that as a compliment?