After watching Russell Wilson direct the most improbable comeback in recent memory, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick is now comparing his Super Bowl foe to former Cowboys great, Roger Staubach.
On Tuesday’s conference call, Belichick told reporters that Wilson’s Houdini-like escapability is Staubach all the way.
“I can’t really put it into words. Wilson’s just got an instinctiveness. He just knows where people are,” Belichick said. “It looks like he’s going to get tackled and he doesn’t. It kind of reminds (me) of watching Staubach. You think he doesn’t see them, but he sees them or somehow he just knows they’re there.”
“He’s got an uncanny sense of awareness of what’s around him — good or bad. I can’t really define it. I don’t know how you coach it; it’s just an awareness that all great players have it. … I think he just has it at a higher level. It’s really impressive.”
We’ll see if Belichick can design a defense to stifle young Wilson.