Bill Belichick even called out Tom Brady during the Patriots’ 16-0 regular season in 2007.

Former New England fullback Heath Evans shared a few telling tales about the relationship between the legendary coach and quarterback during a recent appearance on the “Your Mom’s House” podcast, including how Belichick holding Brady accountable in front of the entire team affected the locker room.

“The best thing about Bill is, there’s not a whole lot of people that can mother-eff Tom Brady in a team meeting room,” said Evans, who played for the Pats from 2005 to 2008. “When you’re in New England, if you’re the superstar, you get coached harder than everyone else. And if you’re the 53rd man on the roster or maybe the 35th guy on the roster like I was, then you’re going to be on this staggered scale of your level of accountability and how hard you get come down on because he knows, ultimately, me as the 35th man on the roster is going to follow Brady at No. 1 on the roster.

“So if Brady’s not challenged and he’s not working and he’s not held accountable, then you create this level of inconsistency. And so that’s a gift in itself.”

Evans recalled one story from 2007 — the would-be undefeated campaign that crashed with a loss to the Giants in the Super Bowl — about Belichick’s willingness to tweak Brady even about his personal life in front of the team.

“I remember it was ’07, we smoked a team by like 50 points and Bill comes in and he’s mouthing off at Brady about something,” Evans said. “I’m trying to remember how it started, but he was like, ‘If you weren’t so worried about you and Gisele’s next GQ Magazine, maybe, just maybe you wouldn’t have thrown that interception. What is this, Christmas? It’s October, Brady. Christmas come early or something? I could go to Foxborough High and get someone to throw that ball better than you.’ So he’s just going at him, you know?”

Of course, the Belichick/Brady combination has fronted the Patriots to nine Super Bowl appearances and six titles over the last 18 NFL seasons, including a 13-3 victory over the Rams in Super Bowl LIII in February.