Jabrill Peppers is well aware of all the speculation involving Bill Belichick and whether or not the six-time Super Bowl winning head coach will be back with the Patriots next season.
The hard-hitting safety, who came up with a key first half interception in the Patriots 21-18 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers Thursday night, had nothing but praise for his head coach following the game.
“We needed this,” Peppers said. “I just feel good we could get it done for Bill and the rest of the coaches. They work extremely hard trying to put us in the right places to make plays, and we did enough to get the win tonight.”
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A followup question about why he feels so strongly about Belichick got Peppers going on the subject.
“I don’t really like all the flak he’s been getting,” Peppers said, “because it’s on us as players to go out there and execute. I personally feel like the game plan has been phenomenal week in and week out, and we’ve had the opportunities to make the plays and we didn’t make them. But we made enough tonight. So we’re going to correct this tape, get our bodies back and move onto K.C.”
Peppers has played some of his best football under Belichick, who in turn, praised his players following the win.
“I thought the guys played with a lot of effort, energy, toughness, and resiliency,” Belichick said. “The Steelers are what they are. They battle you, and find a way to hang around and make it tough at the end. But our guys really stepped up and had a lot of guys come through and make some big plays that we needed. I’m happy for our team, happy for our coaches. … It’s very satisfying to see the results that we had today.”
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