Bill Belichick: 'There Were A Lot Of Things To Like' About 'Very Smart' Aaron Hernandez
'There were a lot of things to like about Aaron, and then Aaron had another side to him that I guess a lot of us didn't see,' former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said.
Bill Belichick: 'There Were A Lot Of Things To Like' About 'Very Smart' Aaron Hernandez originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Aaron Hernandez formed the NFL's best tight end duo with Rob Gronkowski and the New England Patriots during the former's three-year playing career from 2010 to 2012.
Of course, that's not what most people remember about Hernandez. New England cut the 2010 fourth-round draft pick on June 26, 2013, the same day that Hernandez was arrested for the murder of Odin Lloyd. The University of Florida product was later found guilty of first-degree murder and took his own life in prison in 2017.
Former Patriots legendary head coach Bill Belichick discussed Hernandez during a recent interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News. "Aaron was very smart. He was different," Belichick told Hannity .
"There was obviously a darker side to Aaron. ... There were a lot of things to like about Aaron, and then Aaron had another side to him that I guess a lot of us didn't see.