BY MASTER BELICHICK
far and rarely under his tutelage have they not been in the mix at the end of the season.
McVay added: “To play against the Patriots is a great challenge but you look at the number of these games they’ve played and it’s no surprise.
“You never see the Patriots beat themselves. They handle situations.
“Their big-time players make plays at the most opportune moments and they handle adversity extremely well when they fall behind. When you look at the Super Bowl a couple of years ago, to continue to compete when you’re down 28-3 and find a way to get it done, there’s an internal belief that that team had. “You could feel it and I think that consistent belief and expectation that we’re going to find a way is a really powerful thing. “He knows how to set up gameplans, how to put players in a position to consistently succeed and having a standard and a process that they’re committed to. In a lot of ways that’s similar to what we try to implement with the Rams.”
One thing Belichick is a master of is not panicking with a game on the line, no matter how big it is.
He has made some huge calls in playoff games and Super Bowls and he said: “You try to do whatever you can to win. Whatever plays or strategy you think can help you.
“It’s a one-game season. There’s nothing to save it for so whatever you think can make a difference and it’s the right time to do it, then absolutely.”
Super Bowl LIII: LA Rams v New England Patriots, Today, 11.30pm TOM BRADY has turned America’s loathing of his team’s success into a tool with which to win a sixth Super Bowl crown tonight.
Brady leads out his New England Patriots with the Los Angeles Rams standing between him becoming the only player to win the big one that many times.
And as so much of the USA cheers for anyone to beat Brady and his winning machine, BBC NFL analyst Jason Bell says the hate the Patriots face is helping to drive them.
Bell (right) who played seven seasons with Dallas, Houston and the New York Giants, said: “As a leader, you have to motivate your troops and that’s what he is doing.
“Now they are the underdog. People respond to that. It’s given them fuel that they really needed. “And we are going to see if it impacts on them.
“If you’re a Patriots fan, you obviously love it.
“But people need to realise how hard it is to accomplish what they have done. “For them to be able to keep it together and to be competitive for this long, that says a lot.”
Jason Bell will be part of the team broadcasting live from Atlanta on BBC1 at 10.45pm