Belichick clarifies remarks about Mexico City game

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick used Thursday's press conference to clarify his earlier remarks about playing in Mexico City.

The Patriots defeated the Oakland Raiders 33-8 at Mexico City's famed Estadio Azteca, but Belichick appeared to be nonplussed by the experience.

"Personally, I wouldn't be in any big rush to do it again," Belichick said on WEEI via ESPN in November. "It's a long way to go for a game. There's a lot in terms of all the logistics of it. They are not used to having an NFL team, so you have to go in there and handle a lot of the logistics. It took a lot of manpower, a lot of hours, a lot of energy out of our organization to do that. We are exhausted from the trip."

Belichick circled back Thursday and made it clear that he had nothing against the country itself, merely the distance traveled for the game.

"With certainty, I did not intend it to be a negative thing," Belichick said Thursday via ESPN's Mike Reiss. "We had a good time there, the people were great, it was a long way to (play) a game, without a doubt, but there was a great atmosphere and it was a good game."

The Patriots aren't scheduled for the NFL International Series during the 2018 season.

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