Thread: 'A student of everything': What a 26-year-old Bill Belichick learned as a Broncos assistant

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- In 1978, a 26-year-old aspiring football coach walked into a rather nondescript tan building on the city's north side to start a job with the Denver Broncos.

Bill Belichick has called his one season in Denver a "tremendous experience" filled with lessons he still uses today, with eight Super Bowl wins on his résumé, six as the New England Patriots coach.

"I loved working for the Broncos in '78," Belichick said.

The Broncos will be in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Sunday (1 p.m. ET, CBS) to face the now 68-year-old Belichick in a rescheduled game. Belichick's six titles in the era of free agency and the salary cap, his .685 winning percentage, the 30-11 postseason record in New England, is unparalleled. And that solitary year in Denver had significant impact on his extensive body of work.

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I bet he cheated his way into a job with the Broncos.

This finally explains his success.

Originally Posted by slim

I bet he cheated his way into a job with the Broncos.

Oh, so that is where he learned to "allegedly" cheat!

Now it all makes sense.

Originally Posted by MNPatsFan

Oh, so that is where he learned to "allegedly" cheat!

Now it all makes sense.

Allegedly? I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

The Pat fans are in denial. One Pat supporter sent this to me when I talked about Spygate:

https://yourteamcheats.com/what-is-spygate

Originally Posted by 7DnBrnc53

The Pat fans are in denial. One Pat supporter sent this to me when I talked about Spygate:

https://yourteamcheats.com/what-is-spygate

I'm not in denial. I was pissed and extremely embarrassed and disappointed with BB actions and behavior in Spygate. He and the team were justifiably and appropriately punished.

I will deny, however, the assertion or claim that the Patriots previous Super Bowl victories are tainted because of Spygate until the person or people claiming that present actual proof, not allegations, conjecture, inferences or circumstantial evidence, establishing the Patriots violated the NFL's rules during those Super Bowls. Once actual proof establishing the Patriots violated the NFL's rules during those Super Bowls, I will acknowledge and agree that those Patriot Super Bowl victories are tainted like the Broncos and 49ers Super Bowl victories are tainted due to their violation and circumvention of the NFL's salary cap rules.

Originally Posted by MNPatsFan

I'm not in denial. I was pissed and extremely embarrassed and disappointed with BB actions and behavior in Spygate. He and the team were justifiably and appropriately punished.

I will deny, however, the assertion or claim that the Patriots previous Super Bowl victories are tainted because of Spygate until the person or people claiming that present actual proof, not allegations, conjecture, inferences or circumstantial evidence, establishing the Patriots violated the NFL's rules during those Super Bowls. Once actual proof establishing the Patriots violated the NFL's rules during those Super Bowls, I will acknowledge and agree that those Patriot Super Bowl victories are tainted like the Broncos and 49ers Super Bowl victories are tainted due to their violation and circumvention of the NFL's salary cap rules.

Which Spygate?

Btw, the Broncos didn’t “circumvent the cap”, what they did was defer payments (With interest) to save cash to pay for new stadium, they didn’t gain any cap space (Other than one agreement not to cut a player that would change the player’s yearly salary to a “roster bonus”). If they did it according to salary cap rules then it would have actually resulted in more cap space.

https://www.milehighreport.com/2015/...ry-cap-scandal

If he wasn’t so unlikable, maybe he’d be likable.

Originally Posted by Jaded

Btw, the Broncos didn’t “circumvent the cap”, what they did was defer payments (With interest) to save cash to pay for new stadium, they didn’t gain any cap space (Other than one agreement not to cut a player that would change the player’s yearly salary to a “roster bonus”). If they did it according to salary cap rules then it would have actually resulted in more cap space.

https://www.milehighreport.com/2015/...ry-cap-scandal

Yes, exactly. It was an accounting error, and the accountants were fired.

Now, if you want salary cap cheaters, the 90's 49ers were that in spades.

For example, they may have told a player (that they waived) to go to his next team and not try so they could bring him back at a more team-friendly rate:

https://web.archive.org/web/19981202...com/rams1.html