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Super Bowl Champion LB Explains Patriots Way

Most football fans have heard of "The Patriot Way." The New England Patriots' dynastic years were described with this mantra, with unsung players stepping up and conforming their play styles to fit the scheme of Bill Belichick. The legendary head coach found the right players and the right match to win division title after division title, before it became Super Bowl title after Super Bowl title.

For a player who's lived through it, what does that phase mean to him?

"They're putting the players they have --- when Bill was there, at least --- they're putting the players they had, and they're putting them in and they're doing when they're best at," former Patriots linebacker Shea McClellin said on The Gametime Guru podcast.