Patriot’s coach, Bill Belichick, back to Baltimore to face the Ravens
This Monday Night Football match between The Patriots and The Ravens have a special meaning for Bill Belichick, New England’s coach; He’ll be taking his unbeaten Patriots (11-0) to Baltimore, a city that holds some earlier memories from his first NFL job as an assistant in 1975 with the Baltimore Colts, though he’s more fond with Memorial Stadium than the current home of the Ravens, the M&T Bank Stadium.
“Memorial Stadium will always hold a special place for me because that’s where I started,” Belichick said.
New England is the favorite to win this game according to oddmakers, and with a 20-point underdog spread over the Ravens, the team from Baltimore is the largest home underdog in history for a game not involving replacement players.
This fact doesn’t seem to bother Ravens receiver Derrick Mason: “We could have been 100-point underdogs. It doesn’t matter to me, if we go out there and do what we need to do and don’t turn the ball over, then we have a good shot of winning this game.” he said.
New England is an outstanding team, but much of that is thanks to Belichick, who has won 3 Superbowls with the Pats.
Even Ravens linebacker Bart Scott, when asked what impressed him about New England, he simply responded: “the Head Coach.”
In my opinion, he will eventually become part of the NFL Hall of Fame and with a possible 4th Superbowl on his hands, he’ll stand as one of the greatest coaches of all times.
