Alex Guerrero may have regained some of his privileges with the New England Patriots in advance of the 2018 season, but don’t expect either Tom Brady or Bill Belichick to go into detail about the arrangement between the trainer and the team.
On Monday morning, Brady cut his weekly appearance on WEEI short when he was asked several questions about Guerrero being on the Patriots’ team flight to Carolina for a preseason game last week. The star quarterback said “I’m not getting into all that” when asked if there has been a change in the relationship between Guerrero and Belichick from last year. When pressed with a couple of follow-up questions about the same topic, Brady bailed.
A few hours later, Belichick was asked a similar question while meeting with the media.
Belichick asked about Alex Guerrero being on team plane: "I'm not going to get into it."
— Ryan Hannable (@RyanHannable) August 27, 2018
Asked about Alex Guerrero being on the team plane, Bill Belichick dismisses question, saying in part he wouldn't talk about everyone's individual duties and responsibilities "we'd be here all month going thru all that…"
— Michael Giardi (@MikeGiardi) August 27, 2018
There were reports last year that Guerrero had been banned from traveling with the team and being on the sidelines, as he is not an employee of the Patriots organization. He does, however, run the TB12 Performance Center that is headquartered at Gillette Stadium, and several Patriots players receive treatment there.
Between Guerrero flying on the team plane to Carolina and a report we heard about his whereabouts during offseason workouts, it seems like someone has made an effort to keep the peace between Brady’s guru and Belichick. That said, it’s no surprise no one is willing to talk about it publicly.
