Who was three-time Super Bowl champion Ted Johnson’s favorite Patriots head coach – Bill Parcells, Pete Carroll or Bill Belichick?
When it comes to the three Super Bowl teams he was part of, which one does Johnson believes deserves a bigger piece of the credit pie – Belichick or Tom Brady?
Or how about a current question: Are the 2025 New England Patriots for real, as in true Super Bowl contenders?
If you’d like to know the answers to any of those questions from the ex-Patriot and current WEEI sports radio afternoon drive time co-host, you can get all those answers – and more – on Jan. 6 at the Eagle-Tribune offices in North Andover.
Johnson will be part of the “Burt Talks Sports” speaker series event next Tuesday, from 10:30 a.m. until noon, with me as the Patriots playoffs begin the following weekend.
Johnson, now 53, was a Patriots second-round pick in 1994 out of the University of Colorado, noted as one of the game’s hardest hitting linebackers.
He also has been an advocate for brain health and mental well-being after his NFL career, admitting he suffered several concussions and struggled with mental issues several years after his career ended after the 2004 championship season.
He moved back to the Houston area for several years and began a career in radio.
Since coming back to New England he has not only become a popular radio personality, but he has been a “Patriots insider” for NBC Sports Boston during the NFL season, noted for his breakdowns of past and future games.
Johnson is also a member of the franchise’s All-1990s team as a middle linebacker.
The event is open to all subscribers to our North of Boston Media Group newspapers, including the Eagle-Tribune, Salem News, Gloucester Times and Newburyport Daily News.
Light refreshments will be served. Each subscriber is limited to two tickets to the event.
Call 978-946-2200 to reserve your seats.