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July 30, 2007
Belichick bits
Patriots coach Bill Belichick just held a press conference and touched on a variety of topics. A few of the items that stood out to us:
1) Cornerback Randall Gay and safety Eugene Wilson both had their best offseasons. “Both of those players, the previous two years, didn’t have much of an offseason training program," Belichick said. "Most of the offseason for them was rehab from injuries that happened in the season before. For both those players this year, I think their offseason was their best one because they were healthy. I think that’s put them in the best positions going into the season that they’ve been in, probably since back to their rookie year.”
2) Cornerback Tory James, a free-agent signee from the Bengals, has made a positive first impression. “Our system is a little bit different than what they played at Cincinnati last year, which is much more of a blitz-zone team," Belichick said. "I think he’s done well. He’s a smart guy. He’s very professional, he’s well prepared, he’s on top of it. I think he’s earned the respect of everybody by the way he goes about things. He’s a tall guy with some cover skills and speed. He’s sort of a hard guy to throw the ball over for the quarterbacks in cover-2, when he’s out in the flat and short areas.”
3) No news on Chad Scott. Belichick paused when asked about the condition of the injured cornerback, who was carted off the field in Friday’s evening practice, before repeating his previous statement that Scott is day-to-day. But day-to-day shouldn’t necessarily be interpreted that Scott did not suffer a serious injury. Any time a player is carted off the field, it’s generally serious. We’ll continue to monitor that situation.
4) Sunday’s weather was not a factor. Although the team was forced to move its evening practice indoors, it didn’t set the club back because a walkthrough-type practice was on the schedule anyway. With 70-plus players on the field, and a 70-yard space to work with inside, the team is limited in some of the things it can do when practices are moved indoors, but a walkthrough is certainly manageable.
5) Why don’t more special teams coaches get head coaching jobs? Belichick spoke about some big-picture topics and coaching was one of them. He talked about how the size of coaching staffs are much larger today and also wondered why more special teams coaches don’t get consideration for head coaching jobs. Belichick feels his experience as a special teams coach has aided him as a head coach because he was in a position in which he dealt with every player on the team. Offensive and defensive coordinators, on the other hand, are most often dealing with half the team.
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