Bill Belichick

They want to catch passes.

But if you say, well, look, if you come in and block this guy, and we need you to block him as a team, we need you to block him.

You come in and block this guy, then the next time we come in and you'll do the same thing, but fake it, and we'll be able to throw you a pass when the defense comes up to stop the play.

Well, the player's not coming in to block him because you asked him to block him and we really need you to block him.

Julian Edelman would do that, but not everybody would necessarily do that.

But when they understand, OK, if I come in and do it this time, that opens up an opportunity for me the next time, then they might do it.

Right.

And so now.

I get what I want.

He gets what he wants.

There's some management and motivation in there.

But in the end, both parties are able to accomplish their goals.

I get the team goal.

Player gets the individual goal.

He sacrifices for the team, but for the other reasons.

So, again, I think there are different methods of doing that.

It really depends on, you know, how the player is wired and maybe what circumstances, you know, you can use.

When you've lost to a team previously, that's a pretty good motivator for most of these guys because, you know, you take those losses personally.

And since we lost as a team, that is everybody.

It's not, you know, one guy got a pass caught on him or one guy got tackled.