‘Life’ is good I’m trailing behind the play on this, since it aired last Thursday, but it must be acknowledged that the second episode in the NFL Network’s two-part film “Bill Belichick: A Football Life’’ was just as engrossing as the first - even if the image of the coach roller skating while dressed as a pirate takes some time to fully register. (It should be noted that this took place at Randy Moss’s Halloween party, and not just some random Tuesday.) Belichick’s apparent epiphany while talking with Tom Brady on the sideline during a blowout loss to the Saints during the documented 2009 season that his coaching could not salvage a flawed defense was mesmerizing in its candor, perhaps the most memorable scene among many in the two episodes. It made a viewer wish that there was a third part to the series. But criticism that relevant developments during the season were glossed over if not ignored entirely are just. Patriots fans would love to have any insight on the machinations that led to Richard Seymour being dealt to Oakland. And if there was a reference to “LateGate,’’ when Belichick sent four players home after they were late to a morning meeting because of weather conditions, it was brief enough to escape notice here. NFL Films said the Patriots did not request that anything be omitted other than some footage that included play-calling terminology. If that is indeed the case, shortchanging the Seymour story in particular was a glaring omission in an otherwise superb production.
