This week, NFL Network analyst and former scout Daniel Jeremiah posted on social media a single-spaced, all-caps summary of Bill Belichick’s philosophies when looking for players. Jeremiah received the handout when he attended a scout school while working for the Baltimore Ravens.

It’s old. Yet, as Belichick retools his New England Patriots, it’s clear that old is always new. This is especially the case in replacing the team’s oldest and most iconic player, Tom Brady.

It’s why the Pats seem content, even slightly confident, entering the 2020 season with Jarrett Stidham and Brian Hoyer at quarterback.

I think you’ll enjoy this... We were given this handout during a scout school from my time with the Ravens. Coach Belichick has held true to almost all of this over the years. pic.twitter.com/pWB3oqo5JU — Daniel Jeremiah (@MoveTheSticks) March 31, 2020

Some of the philosophies Belichick expounded upon back in the day are hardly groundbreaking. When it comes to offensive lineman he liked “big guys who are strong powerful players.” He wanted wide receivers who could “get off [the line of scrimmage] whether with size, speed, quicks or any combination of the three, then has to be able to catch.”

Pretty much every coach at every level covets these things.

Quarterback is a little bit different.

“QB: #1 is to make good decisions — then arm, size, physically tough, leadership, guys look up to and have confidence in. ... Emphasis on our game will be decision, timing, accuracy — guy needs to be confident, intelligence is important but not as much so as field awareness and judgment.

“Can’t be sloppy, fundamentally unsound guy with ball handling, tech’s, etc. Footwork, drops, release, etc. — QB has to be able to throw the ball with accuracy.”

View photos New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick's old scouting report for each position rings true almost 30 years later. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) More

Good decision-making is more important than arm strength or mobility? Decision-making and leadership are prioritized. Accuracy above all.

In essence, Belichick was describing Brady, who would win him six Super Bowl titles. Through the years, there have been plenty of quarterbacks who were bigger, faster and had stronger arms (not that Brady didn’t have some of these qualities).

No one won more, though.

At the time of the handout, Brady was a 13-year-old living in San Mateo, California. Months later, as a freshman in high school, Brady was exclusively a backup on an 0-8 team. So who knew?

Belichick’s old scouting paper advanced what has been obvious thus far about the Patriots’ plan to replace Brady.

Belichick hasn’t jumped at signing quarterbacks with tangible skills (size, speed, arm strength, etc.) notably Cam Newton, Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota, all Heisman Trophy winners. Newton and Winston were No. 1 overall draft picks. Mariota went second overall.

Instead, he appears settled on Stidham and Hoyer, neither of whom jump off game film or receive much hype.

Stidham was a rookie with the Patriots last season after they selected him in the fourth round out of Auburn. In college, he completed 64.2 percent of his passes, although that number dropped across his career. With New England, he hit 67.8 percent of his passes during four preseason appearances and then went 2-for-4 in the regular season.

View photos New England Patriots quarterback Jarrett Stidham threw only four regular-season passes in his rookie year behind Tom Brady. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images) More