he New England Patriots are arguably one of the best football teams in the NFL. As a life-long Cowboy fan it hurts to say that. After winning two of the last three Super Bowls, the Patriots are definitely doing something different from the other teams in the NFL. The other day, while doing my daily workout, I had ESPN on the tube. NFL Films Presentation has done an episode on Bill Belichick, the head coach of the New England Patriots. The narrators talked about a technique that Bill Belichick uses to teach his players. Some coaches provide their teams with the answers to problems. Bill Belichick teaches his players to figure the answers out themselves.
"It is first down and ten on the one yard line, 99 yards from a touchdown. What is the offense going to do?" asks Belichick of one of his DEs.
"Uh...."
"What happens if the offense is offsides?"
"Uh...they get a penalty."
"Right, but how far?"
"Uh...."
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