When you think of the phrase “football purist,” one of the first people who likely comes to mind is Bill Belichick. The winner of eight Super Bowls—six as a head coach and two as an assistant—has spent his entire adult life within the game, spanning four years as a college football player and then the last 39 as an NFL coach in some capacity. Belichick even once infamously spent nine minutes during a press conference discussing the role and history of long snappers alone, so he may be the last person one would associate with something as frivolous and trivial as fantasy football.
However, it was announced on Wednesday that Belichick—who is without an NFL job for the first time since 1974—has joined fantasy sports company Underdog Fantasy for this upcoming season, hosting a weekly show that offers team-by-team and game-by-game breakdowns.
