Bill Belichick always asks many of his players when coaching New England Patriotswhether it’s the Super Bowl, regular season games or training camp practice.
A former patriot said he witnessed Belichick’s harsh guidance and was selected almost immediately.
“I think we’ll start with how Bill put me in the fat camp.” The former cat ran back to Steven Reedley, the third round draft pick. 2011 NFL Draft New England said in the “Game with Name” podcast with Julian Edelman.
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The New England Patriots run back to Stevan Ridley (22) to face the Cincinnati Bengals outside Gillette Stadium defender Vincent Rey (57). (David Butler II/USA Today Sports)
Ridley said Berichick placed him in “fat camp” because he came to “overweight” running back to the NFL Leave LSU.
So, how much weight does Belichick want Ridley to cut?
“You have that meeting place, you’re a rookie. He gives you the weight of your game. [former Patriots strength coach Harold] “Ridley, Ritchie,” Ridley told Edelman.
“I jumped on the scale, about 235,238 pounds. I raced about 230 runs at Louisiana State University (LSU). Eight pounds are a lot, man.”
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Ridley said the Patriots clearly knew he was a bigger defender and he obviously did something that was drafted in the third round.
But Ridley claims Berichick told him he had to lower his weight to 220 pounds.
“What? I said, ‘You’re tripping, brother.’ I said, ‘No.'” Ridley recalled. “[Nash] Say, “Don’t ask me. I’ll tell you what the boss man said.”
Ridley went to Belichick’s office and heard from the head coach himself.
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick practiced on September 18, 2019 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
“I walked in and said, ‘Coach, I need to talk to you about this weight. He said, ‘What are the numbers? I really don’t remember what I have.’ Two twenty is impossible, he looked at me and he said, “I mean, I think it’s only $563 a day, you’re overweight.”
“I can do math fast. I’m a third-round pick and I don’t have that kind of money. So, I went to Fat.”
Ridley started working hard and paid the dividend in his 220-game weight match with Belichick.
Despite what Ridley thought of at first, it was causing it to him.
“As fast as a cat,” he said with a smile, as Edelman asked how he felt. “Freaky annoying, man. Once I got to that weight, I was like, ‘Hey, Bill knew what he was talking about.”
New England Patriots run back to Stevan Ridley against the Oakland Raiders at Gillette Stadium. (Winslow Townson/USA Today Sports)
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Ridley played in New England for four years and ran 2,817 yards, including 1,263 games in his sophomore campaign in 2012, including 12 sprint touchdowns in his 22 careers with the Patriots. Ridley was part of the 2014 Patriots, shockingly defeating the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl 2015 Thanks to Malcolm Butler’s target line interception.
Ridley then played for the New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons and Pittsburgh Steelers after winning the Super Bowl in New England.
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