“I think Pete is a great football coach,” Belichick said. “His record speaks for itself. I have a lot of respect for Pete. Pete believes what he believes in. I think that they kind of have their way of doing things, but it works very well. Pete is consistent, he has a consistent message. I think he’s coached pretty much the same type of — same kind of style, similar type of coaching personality and scheme and just the whole thing for many years now. It’s well over 20 years. I’ve coached against him. I’ve known him through competition in the National Football League. In college, when he was at USC you saw more of that and he had tremendous success there.
“Pete is a good friend. I’ve talked with him. I’ve talked with him on many different occasions. I really respect what he does, how he does it. His players play hard, they play well. He has a very resilient team with a lot of energy. I think he has done a tremendous job in Seattle, as he did at [USC]. He’s a really good football coach and they have a really good team. I like Pete, I like him a lot.”
