NFL teams are getting ready to trim their rosters from 90 to 53 players in advance of the Sept. 1 deadline, which means several veterans will be changing uniforms in the coming days. Preparing for that is a big part of a coach’s job during the preseason, as Bill Belichick so eloquently put it on Tuesday.
When a reporter asked Belichick if his coaching staff has been monitoring other teams for potential free agents that could become available, the Patriots coach delivered a fantastic zinger.
Bill Belichick said the Patriots obviously are monitoring all the other teams for potential players to add: "What do you think we're doing? We're in camp. We don't have watermelon rolls and badminton contests and all that."
— Zack Cox (@ZackCoxNESN) August 28, 2018
For those of you who are wondering, Belichick was likely referring to a popular dessert sold by the New England-based restaurant chain Friendly’s.
Whoa … Grew up going to the Sudbury Friendly's (RIP) … How'd I not know about this? I have failed. https://t.co/6hRUEOMy4y
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) August 28, 2018
As usual, Belichick is in midseason form very early on. He already got a rise out of the media with his joke about the Hall of Fame Game earlier this offseason, and the watermelon roll reference won’t be the last of it.
