Tom Brady may say he can’t remember having a beer with Bill Belichick, but Pepper Johnson sure can.
Johnson has a long history playing and coaching under Belichick, both as a linebacker for the New York Giants in the 1980s and as a defensive assistant coach for the New England Patriots from 2000 to 2014. So, of course, he shared a couple beers with Belichick along the way. In a wide-ranging interview published Friday on Deadspin, the famously press-shy Johnson shared what the Patriots coach was like when he went out with the rest of the team.