Twitter Can’t Get Enough of Bill Belichick’s Spending Spree: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Mar 16, 2021

NFL fans bust out GIFs, memes, have great reactions to the Patriots' free-agent binge

1. Twitter is an awful place. It’s not nearly as bad as Facebook, which is a top-5 worst things on Earth, but Twitter is still awful.

However, every now and then, you log onto Twitter and it makes you happy for a moment. This was the case after the Patriots hauled in several free agents yesterday, spending $232 million, and then again this morning when they signed tight end Hunter Henry.

There’s just something about Bill Belichick that brings out the best in Twitter. With the six-time Super Bowl–winning head coach going on a massive spending spree after a 7–9 season that saw his old quarterback win a ring, the tweets and memes and GIFs were flying. and Twitter’s effort was simply outstanding.

Even LeBron chimed in.

The Patriots got in on the action with this tweet after the Henry signing.

Here is a roundup of some of the best tweets we saw regarding Belichick’s free-agent bonanza.

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5. Happy 3:16 Day.

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First up is ESPN play-by-play man Ryan Ruocco, who was calling the Nuggets-Mavericks game on March 11, 2020, when the NBA announced the season would be suspended because of COVID-19. Ruocco talks about that experience, how his mindset about COVID-19 changed from that night until now, whether he'd be comfortable calling games in full arenas, whether he ever got used to calling games from home and much more.

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