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Former Patriots safeties Devin McCourty and Rodney Harrison weren’t happy with Apple TV+’s “The Dynasty: New England Patriots” documentary, which delved into the previous 20 years of the franchise that included six Tremendous Bowl titles.
McCourty — who spent his total 13-season profession in New England and gained three Tremendous Bowls with now-retired quarterback Tom Brady and former head coach Invoice Belichick — mentioned he felt “duped” after watching the 10-part docuseries as a result of it solely touched on the workforce’s lows.
“I felt like I obtained form of duped,” McCourty, who was interviewed for and seems within the sequence, mentioned based on ProFootball Discuss. “I used to be like man, that is going to be nice — the storytelling, we’re speaking about this and that. Every thing that all of us gave to the 20 years that it encompassed, they solely hit something that was unfavorable.
“We gained at a excessive stage and guys stayed there. I may’ve left two occasions, [but] I signed again. There are the explanation why.”
McCourty, a New Jersey native, was the Patriots’ first-round decide (twenty seventh total) within the 2010 NFL Draft.
The previous Rutgers product went on to earn two Professional Bowl picks and three second-team All-Professional honors earlier than calling it a profession in March 2023. McCourty has since joined NFL Community as an analyst.
Harrison, who performed a key function within the Patriots’ protection that gained back-to-back Tremendous Bowl titles within the 2003 and ’04 seasons, wasn’t pleased with the sequence, both.
“It didn’t inform the tales like of me coming, and [his former teammate, running back] Corey Dillon. I interviewed for 5 – 6 hours in New York and all they’d me saying was, ‘F–ok em’ all, f–ok em’ all.’ That’s it,” he mentioned.
Harrison was referring to the fourth episode of the sequence that coated Spygate in 2007, when it was found the Patriots had been videotaping the Jets’ sideline alerts and Belichick was fined $500,000.
The 51-year-old Harrison went on to defend Belichick, whom he believed didn’t get sufficient credit score for being an incredible coach.
“They act just like the final three or 4 years as a result of the Patriots have struggled that Invoice can’t coach,” he mentioned. “Invoice made some errors and he wasn’t at all times the nicest or the purest man, however on the finish of the day, he at all times did no matter he needed to do to make the workforce higher.
“Take into consideration this: He gave me a chance, a fifth-round draft selection. He gave Tom Brady a chance. He despatched out a $100 million quarterback when nobody thought it was in style and began Tom Brady. … He provides guys who’re the underdog a chance. Nobody talks about that.
“When everyone else is completed with a man, he brings in a Corey Dillon, he brings in a Randy Moss, he brings in a Rodney Harrison. And I simply don’t suppose that he obtained sufficient credit score, sufficient respect, sufficient props, man. This dude is the best coach of all-time.”
Harrison introduced his retirement from soccer in June 2009 and transitioned to broadcasting with NBC Sports activities.
Apple TV+’s “The Dynasty: New England Patriots” additionally targeted on Deflategate — when Brady was suspended for 4 video games in 2016 for allegedly instructing the deflation of footballs used within the 2014 AFC Championship recreation — and the late Patriots tight finish Aaron Hernandez.
The docuseries additionally coated the Patriots’ historic extra time 34-28 win in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons in Tremendous Bowl LI in February 2017 — and the eventual divorce between Brady and Belichick three years later, when the quarterback took his abilities to the Buccaneers.
Belichick, 71, and the Patriots mutually parted methods in January after 24 seasons.
New England completed the 2023 season on the backside of the AFC East with a 4-13 report, the franchise’s worst since 1992.
The longer term Corridor of Famer nonetheless desires to teach regardless of lacking out on this 12 months’s hiring cycle.
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