Belichick takes over combine broadcast to trade stories with McGinest

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Bill Belichick appeared to be pretty loose during Sunday's proceedings at the NFL Scouting Combine. 

During linebacker drills at Lucas Oil Stadium, Belichick left his post to visit with NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock and ended up getting on a headset to join the live broadcast. With a direct line to Patriots Hall of Famer Willie McGinest down on the field, it made for some pretty entertaining television.

"Willie, how you doing, man? I'm up here in the press box where I'm usually not," Belichick said. "I haven't been in a press box since I was in New England in '96 when I coached the secondary."

The two went on to share some stories, with McGinest focusing on the pop quizzes Belichick used to hand out -- which weren't all that well-liked by veteran newcomers to New England. Belichick, on the other hand, chose to focus on some Indy-related memories. 

There was McGinest's goal-line stop against the Colts in Week 13 of the 2003 season. Then Belichick recalled a McGinest sack that knocked the Colts out of field-goal range in 2004 -- which included a little dig at the league and its rules committee.

"I think that's where [Mike] Vrabel got them on the fake timeout, too," Belichick said, "and then they changed the rule on that, but anyway..."

You can watch the entire back-and-forth below via the NFL Network's tweet.

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