the greg hill show: jeff benedict joins the show to talk 'the dynasty'
‘The Dynasty: New England Patriots’ docuseries that’s been trickling out Friday-by-Friday on Apple TV+ has been catching ample flak over the course of the last month.
Both Pats fans and non-Pats fans alike have deemed the work a ‘hit piece’ on former head coach Bill Belichick, professing that owner Robert Kraft seemingly has his hands all over the production of the docuseries.
Jeff Benedict, who wrote the book ‘The Dynasty’ and served as a producer of the docuseries, responded to said notion on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show on Wednesday:
“There’s a lot of things in this film, in my opinion– there’s a lot of things in the book, that if the Krafts controlled it, you wouldn’t see. I mean some knucklehead even alleged that this was like, a series that was done to help Kraft make a case to get into the Hall of Fame.”
On Episode 6 specifically, which dove into former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, many have suggested the way Belichick is portrayed looks like the docuseries is trying to pin the murder of Odin Lloyd on him. Here’s what Benedict had to say about that notion:
“I think you really have to stick closely to what the people say that were actually there and involved. And so, it matters what Ernie Adams says, it matters what the other players that were in the room [say], it matters what Deion Branch said– he’s his neighbor who was probably, of all the players on the team, interacting with Aaron more than anyone else.”
He continued: “I would be uncomfortable veering away from what we know to be true. And it is true that Aaron did go to Bill and he did express serious concerns about his own physical safety and the safety of the two other individuals in his family… and Bill did offer to bring in the Patriots’ security. And Aaron did not take him up on the offer. Now, everyone takes a hard left and says, ‘Well this is bad for Bill because he didn’t trade him.’ Well, there’s another perspective to that which is, ‘Why didn’t he take Bill up on the offer?’ Why doesn’t anyone ask that?”
Benedict also spoke about who refused to be in the docuseries, if there would have been any edits if Belichick were still the head coach, and more. You can listen to the full segment from The Greg Hill Show here.
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