There are very few things Bill Belichick loves more than football. The list is mostly limited to cut-sleeve hoodies, Nantucket, monotonous responses to press conferences that last either a word or 15 minutes, and most importantly, lacrosse.
Belichick played lacrosse in high school and college. His daughter, Amanda, is the lacrosse coach at Holy Cross. He loves lacrosse so much that he even allowed the official Patriots website to do an article about his love for the game. He was spotted playing lacrosse (or at least whipping the ball) on the field at Gillette Stadium and even “coached” the Johns Hopkins lacrosse team in practice.
Last year Belichick talked about which one of his Patriots players would make good lacrosse players. Tom Brady would be a goalkeeper, he said, while players like Devin McCourty, Patrick Chung, Tedy Bruschi, Rodney Harrison and Mike Vrabel would have a chance to excel on the pitch.
This weekend, however, Belichick lavished perhaps his greatest lacrosse-related praise yet on the new Patriot: Cam Newton.
“Cam Newton looks like Myles Jones to me,” Belichick said, per NBCSportsBoston.com. “He’s fast. He’s tall. He would be a tough guy to face. He could run through them. He could get through those stick controls, and he would have a hard – with the working stick – a tough kick. ., so I think these tall, long guys have a really big advantage that they can change the angle of their shots while still being able to go through some guys. “
Jones is a star of the Chaos LC, scoring 21 goals with nine assists last season. According to the Premier Lacrosse League website, Jones was a three-time All-American at Duke, as well as two-time LT Award winner jg Donald MacLaughlin, two-time Tewaaraton Award finalist and the 2016 ACC offensive player of the At 6-5, 260 pounds, Jones also bears a physical resemblance to Newton, who is one of only 10 quarterbacks in league history (or at least in the days when the NFL measured height and players’ weight) to hold at least 6 -5 and weigh at least 245 pounds.
As Newton mentioned earlier this offseason, it’s likely the Patriots will now be able to access parts of their playbook that they couldn’t when Brady was under center, simply because he didn’t have the same. height, speed or athleticism than Newton. . This Jones-like ability that Newton has is what will allow them to play these games now that he’s on the roster.
