Coaches are supposed to teach the players, but when you are a young assistant and Tom Brady is in your room it can often be the other way around. So it was when Jerry Schuplinski spent the 2016-18 seasons on the staff with the Patriots. And to some extent _ minus the rings of course _ it was a similar situation last year when he was the assistant quarterbacks coach for the Dolphins and Ryan Fitzpatrick was their signal-caller.
It was an education for Schuplinski. The biggest lesson he learned?
"Preparation is so key," he said. "I had the opportunity to look at some guys and see how they prepare, how hard they work, how much they knew what to expect from a certain defense and how that could help them."
