Weasel of the Week: Bill Belichick

Some wondered why the New England Patriots parted ways with Wes Welker after last season, and there were rumors that he had fallen into coach Bill Belichick's doghouse. Welker signed with Denver as a free agent, and is heading back to the Super Bowl, while Belichick, less than 24 hours after losing the AFC title game for the 2nd year in a row, did what he does best after a loss. He tried passing the buck on the blame for the loss.

On his weekly radio show, Belichick, without naming Welker specifically, held the veteran receiver responsible for an injury to defensive back Aqib Talib that knocked Talib out of the game, claiming Welker's actions were intentional. Oh? As others pointed out, the Patriots run the same crossing route, like everyone else, in their offensive patterns.

And another thing. There's the matter of Rob Gronkowski deliberately slamming into a Denver defender at Foxborough in the November game between these same two teams, and he, like Welker, wasn't flagged. Sounds to me like Belichick is whining like a baby because his tactics were used against him, when everyone and his brother knows he'd do the same thing 100 times more often.

Hypocrisy, thy name is Bill Belichick.

I think we all knew the whining would start sooner or later. Belichick has little in terms of class or respect for opponents, and when he does shake hands after a game, it's likely reluctant. It's past time Belichick, who won his first two Super Bowl rings as an assistant with the Giants during the Bill Parcells era, stopped acting like he's a spoiled child----a character trait that he shares with Tom Brady, as we saw during the season--and accept the fact that a Super Bowl berth is not the Patriots' birthright.

It happens, then, that while Seattle's Richard Sherman manned up and apologized for his antics after the NFC title game, Belichick has forgotten what an apology is. He has been, still is, and always will be a Weasel, and thus the CIA-wannabe picks up another set of ears & tail.