
""We always wore a wristband,""
""Because every time you went to New England, the headsets went down. Coincidence? Crazy.""
""But you always had a bailout. Now I just saw that Aaron doesn't have that, so then you are in trouble.""
""What I was told and what [backup quarterback Bruce Gradkowski] told me when he listened is that when we had the ball on offense, our coach-to-coach communication, so the guys up in the box to"
The Patriots moved on from the Tom Brady–Bill Belichick era into a new chapter while some former rivals appear stuck in older patterns. Quarterback headset failures occurred during games involving Pittsburgh and New England, with assertions that the failures often happened when Pittsburgh had the ball. Wristbands served as an effective backup for play calls when headsets failed. Aaron Rodgers experienced headset problems during Pittsburgh's regular-season finale but did not use a wristband and still led a 26–24 win over Baltimore. A prior 2015 claim similarly alleged coach-to-coach communication dropped specifically on Pittsburgh possessions.
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