Will the Patriots watch ‘Exhausting Knocks’ to scout Colts earlier than Week 15 matchup? Invoice Belichick gives perception

The Patriots could also be scouting their upcoming opponent within the Colts in a quite distinctive method. Indianapolis is the topic of HBO’s in-season spinoff of “Exhausting Knocks,” which takes a take a look at the interior operations of the group each week. Provided that New England is ready to journey to Lucas Oil Stadium to face the Colts on Saturday, it seems at the least somebody within the group shall be tuning in to see if there’s something that may give them an edge. 

“We have now individuals in our group that scout the video games prematurely of after we play the groups,” Invoice Belichick mentioned Monday when requested if his employees watches ”Exhausting Knocks” to check opponents. “Beginning two or three weeks earlier than we play, they begin to actually observe these groups and see how accidents have affected, if they’ve shifted their fashion of play, or no matter’s occurred with the group. 

“We observe virtually every part these groups, any group that we play does. Relying on the relevance or significance of that info, in some unspecified time in the future, it will get relayed down the road. Yeah. We have now any individual that research every group, whether or not it is any related feedback or info that we predict we predict is related to the preparation for the group. That could possibly be shared. Positive.”

The Patriots are using a seven-game successful streak into this matchup with the Colts and are at present located because the No. 1 seed within the convention. Getting a win wouldn’t solely assist them preserve their playoff place and lengthen the streak, however it might additionally add to their robust convention document, which may play a big function in tiebreaker eventualities on the finish of the yr. 

In the meantime, the Patriots have by no means been featured on the coaching camp version present and that appears to be completely tremendous with Belichick. When requested if he would watch out about what he shared along with his group on the present, the top coach mentioned: “There are lots of the explanation why I would not be enthusiastic about it.”