Intriguing photo from the beginnings of the New England Patriots’ Dynasty

Bill Belichick is driven past a waiting press corps by Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft in this 1997 photo. Does it look like a still from the movie The Godfather? The reason I snapped this photo, I think, was to provide Herald coverage after the Pat’s lost the Superbowl. With me, from top left, New England Patriots PR good-guy Stacy James, the Boston Herald’s Michael Felger, Gary Gillis and several other sports media types.

Tags: Bill Belichick, Foxboro, Foxborough, Mark Garfinkel, New England Patriots, Robert Kraft