Tom Brady sheds light on Bill Belichick's stoic style after former coach's transition to media

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick will make two of the most interesting storylines off the field regarding the NFL in 2024. As partners, they made it to nine different Super Bowls, winning six; now, they'll both be working with the media during the 2024 season.

Although Brady always had a calm demeanor to him when spoke in public, this is an unseen facet of Bill Belichick during his coaching career. But speaking to Stephen A. Smith, the former quarterback has backed the coach to succeed in his new role as he looks to land a head coaching job in 2025:

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The difference is, they paid him to coach. They didn't pay him to talk. Now they're paying him to talk. So he's going to do what he's being paid for, right? And he realized, that every time he talked, when a coach - the only thing he could do is get you into problems, right? Because the last thing we wanted to do as an athlete was [to] go out there and tell all those players on the other team exactly what our plan was. I would get all the clippings from every local reporter that we were going to play. So we were playing the Jets. I had all the New York papers sent at our football facility, all the quotes from all the Jets players over the course of the whole week. Because, well, because they're going to tell you what they're going to do.

Belichick will be working with both ESPN and CW during the season as an analyst, giving NFL fans important insights about the league after over two straight decades as a head coach for the New England Patriots.

What is Tom Brady doing now?

Now retired from the league after more than two decades playing and with the GOAT title firmly in his hands, Tom Brady has been involved in numerous investments in recent years. Now, his NFL analyst career will start

His deal with FOX to become an analyst in NFL games has a duration of 10 years and is worth $375 million. He had one "free" year after he ended his playing career and has now taken over, even appearing in the booth a few times before to warm-up. Let's see if he'll be the GOAT there as well.

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