Like father, like son: Steve Belichick sounds just like Bill with the media

Close your eyes and listen to this.

If you hoped Steve Belichick, the New England Patriots’ safeties coach, would be a little more relaxed and fun with the media than his father Bill is, sorry.

He’s apparently well-versed in keeping things tight-lipped and close to the chest.

While speaking with reporters this week ahead of Sunday’s Patriots matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs, everyone noticed how the younger Belichick sounded just like his dad if you close your eyes. Haven’t you heard that “Like I said” in that same monotone about 5,000 times in your life?

There’s also a moment of humanity there, when he spoke about growing up watching game tape: “I just wanted to spend time around football, spend time around my dad.”

Back before Super Bowl LI, our Steven Ruiz wrote about this very same subject, in which Steve Belichick had his Bill-like answers down perfectly. When asked about memories of his grandfather, he responded, “I’m just here to talk about football.”

Also worth noting: that’s our own Henry McKenna asking Steve about who’s calling defensive plays this year, something of a mystery for this year’s Patriots, and deservedly getting a “good effort” kudos from a member of the scrum.