From the funny to the insightful to the ridiculous, here are our choices for the 11 most memorable Patriots’ quotes, all the way from training camp to the AFC title game.
"Absolutely. Yeah. What do you think we've been doing? Yeah, sure. We look at all 31 teams. Yeah, what do you think we're doing at camp? We're not having watermelon rolls and badminton contests and all that. Yeah. We're working on football. We look at our team. We look at the other 31 teams."
—Bill Belichick, answering whether or not the Patriots were actively scouting the other 31 teams for potential free agents after cut day, 8/28/18
“We are back! We are back! We are getting Edelman back!”
—Nicholas Grigsby, sounding like Ed Helms in “The Hangover” yelling in the locker room after Julian Edelman returned from a four-game suspension, 10/2/18
(Screengrab via Patriots.com)
—Devin McCourty to Kyle Van Noy after the linebacker wandered in front of the cameras following McCourty’s postgame press conference in Buffalo, 10/29/18
—Rob Gronkowski on a touchdown-free streak of games, 10/31/18
—Cordarrelle Patterson, after he rushed for a season-high 61 yards (following a 38-yard game the previous week) against the Packers, 11/4/18
—Patterson on his decision to grab Jets defensive lineman Henry Anderson by the groin to get him away after he was tackled, 11/25/18
—Josh Gordon, 11/29/18
—Belchick, the day after the stunning road loss to Miami, 12/10/18
—Stephon Gilmore, following an in-game dustup with Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, 12/16/18
—Belichick to Gilmore after the coach told the cornerback he had made the Pro Bowl, 12/19/18
—Gordon on Instagram, 12/20/18
—Tom Brady on the cusp of the postseason, 1/4/19
—Gilmore on what it means to be able to get back to the Super Bowl after last year’s near-miss against Philly, 1/21/19
