
‘I’m really blessed’
In 2022, as former Texas A&M tight end Jalen Wydermyer was getting released from his childhood favorite team, he did the impossible: made the notoriously crotchety then-coach of the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick, crack a smile.
“I was very sad, don’t get me wrong,” Wydermyer said. “But Bill Belichick, he sat me down, and he gave me the whole speech. I sat there, and I told him, I said, ‘Hey, I grew up a Patriots fan. I grew up watching you, Tom Brady, Gronk, win championships, so you don’...
“I was very sad, don’t get me wrong,” Wydermyer said. “But Bill Belichick, he sat me down, and he gave me the whole speech. I sat there, and I told him, I said, ‘Hey, I grew up a Patriots fan. I grew up watching you, Tom Brady, Gronk, win championships, so you don’...