Bill Belichick made an appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman” on Wednesday night, which in itself was completely out of character for the New England Patriots head coach. Of course, there were plenty of moments where Belichick was his awkward self.
When Letterman asked about the Patriots allegedly under-inflating footballs, Belichick sat there and smiled a lot. He chimed in eventually, turning back into Professor Belichick for a brief moment.
“Well, we all know that as the footballs get colder, they deflate — scientifically,” Belichick said with a smirk.
Letterman then suggested a theory that has increased in popularity over the past two weeks — that the Indianapolis Colts may have intentionally deflated a ball before turning it over to the league.
“We’re gonna bring you in to testify when we get the investigation next month,” Belichick joked.
Unfortunately, there were no fantastic movie references this time around.
Belichick also took some time to defend Pete Carroll against criticism of the Seattle Seahawks coach’s final play call of the Super Bowl.
Overall, it was Belichick like we have never seen him before and Belichick as we always see him all at the same time. Between Letterman subscribing to the Colts sabotage theory and the comments this former NFL quarterback recently made, I’m sure Belichick is liking a lot of the stuff he hears about Deflategate.
