It's turned into almost a Super Bowl week tradition.
During many past Super Bowl weeks, former NFL running back Marshall Faulk would always bring up the Patriots during media interviews and find a way to take a shot at Bill Belichick and the team (2013, 2014, 2017), after they beat his Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.
Faulk was at it again this year.
Appearing on SiriusXM Mad Dog Sports Radio Monday with Adam Schein, Faulk was asked for his "early read" on Super Bowl LV and he turned that into taking a jab at Belichick when it comes to the coach vs. Tom Brady.
“First of all, let’s back up because no one wants to talk about the pink elephant in the room, they are just not addressing Tom Brady and his greatness," Faulk said. "We were all asking: is it Brady or is it Belichick? ... Here’s what I’m saying, now think about the [Las Vegas] Raiders paid a coach $10 million. People are getting head-coaching jobs and getting paid crazy money and they get to decide players moving in and out, if a quarterback has the right to get in and out of plays and do this stuff and what’s going on in Houston.
"Are you crazy? Let’s stop with this craziness. I love Bill Belichick, but we saw [him] as a head coach before he got Tom Brady, we saw. And after Tom Brady, we saw.”
By now everyone knows the Patriots finished 7-9 in their first season without Brady and the Buccaneers are playing in the Super Bowl.
It's clear Faulk is siding with Brady over Belichick, but given his history when talking about the Patriots is it really a surprise?
