Who needs the Grinch during the holidays when you have Bill Belichick?
Chargers tight end Asante Cleveland says the New England Patriots' coach called him last year _ on Christmas _ to tell him he was being cut from the roster to make room for a new player, leading to this early New Year's resolution.
"Phone off on Christmas," Cleveland told The San Diego Union-Tribune. "It's going to be the new rule I go with for the rest of my life. Only bad news can come. Good news will still be there the next day."
And how did that fateful call end?
"I said, 'Merry Christmas.' I don't know if he heard me. He didn't say it back."
