Bill Belichick & Roger Goodell talk officiating, rule changes & Bill’s PITCH! | The Pat McAfee Show

okay great all right I'm Bill bichell uh it's a pleasure to be here with you draft day and uh My First Media interview on this side yeah it's an honor to interview you commissioner thank you coach it's honor to be with you always so I hear Pat Drew up some fan questions and a little bit of Pat questions for us so see what Pat's got up his sleeve let's see what we got we'll go one at a time and pop it off what are your thoughts on the growth of the NFL draft so I guess I'm supposed to go first I'll tell you I'm amazed at the interest uh in our game and I think the draft is a great example of that uh as you know we made changes shorten rounds we took it in the prime time we did some things to to make it for more Fran handling but the way the fans wrap their arms around this and it's it's that day of Hope where everybody sort of renews their hope the fans the teams and we start over it's really officially the start of a new season for us it really does kick the season off uh it's going to be fun for me you know I've been in I've been in those rooms for many many years worrying about the picks and what's going to happen in trades and all that I'm just going to sit back and have some fun up here today it's really it's it's an amazing can second guess what you're doing today huh all right that's that one you do that one thoughts on the hip drop tackle being banned keeping football football uh yeah I think over the years the NFL has done a great job of making the game safer for players the targeting the horse collar tackle the hip drop uh they really aren't very many of them I think there was maybe only a dozen or so last year uh but it's a good thing to get rid of it's just uh you know there's really no place for it uh and it's just good to continue to keep the game safe for the players yeah I agree with you coach you know when you see a play as you know we use data a lot to try to identify the rules that we want to change and whether what we do is effective when you see a play that is greater than 20 times the injury rate and as you know most of those injuries are pretty severe they are you know career ending or season ending you've got to make a change and as you know coaches players aest and uh I think we've been able to make our game safer and more exciting at the same time uh it's definitely helped the game be safer yeah all right how do you predict the new kickoff rules will work out uh the one thing I'll predict is that we'll bring the kickoff back into the game I I think that's a good thing I think it's an exciting play um we are confident that we can reduce the injury rate with the new format because we will have less speed and force uh the players will all be 10 yards apart in the beginning and I think that's going to make a big difference and uh I hope make an exciting play but as you know we may need to Tinker with it over the next a couple years yeah well it's just a little bit different because there's no leadin period uh it's just you know jumping right in and start playing but um I think this is an offensive role as a defensive coach I don't think the defense coaches are going to like this rule it's going to create good fi field position I think it's going to bring much more value into the returners those extra 1500 plays and uh you better have two good returners because you only have one they're kicking the other side so uh you better be able to to handle the ball with both guys and I think there's going to be some explosive plays um in the past you're able to overlap your coverage with a second layer well now those guys are spread across the field so if the returner you know if he gets a little seam it could be all over I think we're going to see a lot more long Returns on kickoffs than we've seen in the past which should be great for the fans it did you say it may not be so great for the defenses okay those teams will get their shot on offense too all right Pat uh thoughts on the current state of NFL officiating uh thank you Pat well uh I'll say this the the speed and athleticism and how great these athletes are on sideline catches and reach out the ball on the goal line and all those things it's tough It's really I I give those guys a lot of credit uh they're right more than they're a lot more than they're wrong and and I've been one to argue with them on the sidelines might I go back and look at it seen that a few times coach me but most of the time they they they get it right and they do a good job um I think that the uh replay assist sped up the game last year I thought that was good uh that it really corrected some things uh that were turned out to be obvious and that was a good addition and uh I guess the one thing is always a question about is making officials fulltime maybe at least the referees where uh you know have that constant U you know talking about situations and I think that's the biggest thing in the league is as a coach is you just want consistency and you know sometimes you you have games that are are called tightly and then the next week you feel like you're playing the same way and and it's not called tightly and so um maybe your thoughts on that no you're you're right on the the consistency we all use that as our barometer and I think it's consistency in the calls on the field consistency from crew to crew uh which as you know has varied and we've tightened that a little bit in the past year uh but you know I do think um the officials do an amazing job but it is a fast game and it's imperfect I'm I'm watching playoff and other sports and those guys are full-time and I'm seeing the same kind of controversy so I think it's part of officiating I think it's part of the position they're in a difficult job and we saw that a little bit this year all you know the Kansas City play with Buffalo you know that was an obvious offsize the officials have to call that no matter at the moment that's not fair to the other team Buffalo would have had a a legitimate grip if that play had gone forward without a flag so we know they're in a tough spot and I don't think they get enough credit for it but we're always going to go for that Perfection and when we can use technology replay is really the thing that we think we can use more of and I think every year you've seen us and you know this cuz you've been a big proponent in the past is let's use more of it commissioner I'm going to put in my pitch my annual pitch camera's on the goal line cameras on the sideline cameras on the on the end line that is the annual pitch all right last C the NFL is the greatest league on Earth why do you think that's the case uh I think it always starts with the game uh there's so many aspects of the game that I think are appealing uh the strategy the contact uh the incredible athleticism the fact that you have to play as a team is uh and how people come together the fact that you have games that go from uh you know a team way behind and a team comes back um I just think um It's that kind of a game that um people love to root for and it's an event I think the fact that we're every week you get the the the postgame criticism and evaluations and try to break it down and then you start looking to the next week and the excitement bills I think that event is a big part of it too and you know on the visiting side when we go to the way stadiums there's a lot of people in the parking lot there's a lot of tailgate it's not just the game they get there and make it a an event it's it's so competitive the thing I love about the NFL is every week anybody can beat anybody and anybody can lose to anybody uh if you're not on your best then you know you're probably not going to do well so um the way it's structured both um you know from acquiring players and salary cap and competitively it's uh it really evens out and uh and I love the competition of it and we make it hard for you when you win and you know we've had uh we've had a team go from last to first I think 19 on the last 20 seasons and to your point that competitiv we had 70% of our games with them one score in the fourth quarter that's great football great entertainment it really is and well thanks appreciate it commissioner thank you y thanks Pat appreciate it pat [Music] he

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Length: 8min 3sec (483 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 29 2024