Florio On Belichick-Carroll: Different, But Equal
BOSTON (CBS) - Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio stopped by Felger & Mazz table on Radio Row Wednesday afternoon as part of 98.5 The Sports Hub's continuing Super Bowl XLIX coverage.
"I'm fascinated about the matchup for a variety of reasons," Florio said to start the discussion.
Florio is particularly interested in the Bill Belichick vs. Pete Carroll dynamic. Belichick spoke glowingly about Carroll earlier in the week, which Florio believes to be gamesmanship.
"I think Belichick is trying to get in Pete Carroll's head a little bit, when he talked about 1977, or the same thing at Arkansas -- I think the message is, 'Hey Pete I know what you do, buddy, and you better be confident in what you do, because I know what you do and I know how to beat it,'" Florio told Felger & Mazz. "Maybe he wants Pete to spend some time this week second guessing himself and maybe changing things up."
"Do you think Pete is equal to Bill?" Felger asked.
"Different, but equal," Florio said in response. "Pete Carroll was the college version of Bill Belichick back in the last decade at USC, complete with the asterisks -- the real asterisks -- Carroll had a championship taken away, while Bill just had to deal with the cloud of suspicion. Carroll was at the top of the sport at the college level, and now he's at the top of the sport at the pro level."
Florio also talked about how the Patriots defense will approach the read option Seattle offense with Russell Wilson, and also gives his take on DeflateGate -- a story he's been on top of since the beginning.
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