It’s the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony today and while Bill Belichick is destined to get his bronze bust and gold jacket someday, today he was the butt of jokes.
On Friday, longtime Cleveland Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot was recognized for her contributions to football with the prestigious Bill Nunn Memorial Award at the at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Gold Jacket Dinner.
While giving her acceptance speech, she spoke about her time with the Browns as a young reporter in the 1990s when she was 28 years old. The head coach at the time was none other than Belichick.
Cabot recalled Belichick calling her to yell when he didn’t like one of her stories. She then joked that Belichick probably gave her a hard time because he “just couldn’t relate to a woman that old.”
“If Bill didn’t like something I wrote, he’d call and yell at me,” she said. “Now I totally understand why Bill game such a hard time,” she said. “I was 28 (years old) at the time and he just couldn’t relate to a woman that old.”
The joke was a clear dig at Belichick’s girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, who is only 24 years old.
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But while NFL fans are usually eager to have fun at Belichick’s expense, this time they were far more critical of Cabot for being “corny” and “lame” with her joke. Many criticized Cabot for her longstanding job of being a Browns reporter too.
“You think her brain rotted from covering the NFL’s biggest joke, for 30 years?” one user remarked.
“Novel. And literally will not be the last laugh,” another declared.
“Not much of a ‘laugh.’ No wonder so many have contempt for the media, especially those who want to be the story rather than report on the story,” a third wrote.
“Her joke writers deserve less $$$. That’s lame.”
Belichick will get the last laugh though, most likely next year.
He is eligible for Hall of Fame induction in 2026 and will undoubtedly be let in on the first ballot.
As the only eight-time Super Bowl champion in NFL history, he’ll have the floor to say whatever he wants when his bust is unveiled next summer.
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