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August 6, 2007
Bill's take
Patriots coach Bill Belichick held his daily press conference and opened with the following statement:
“OK, well we’re back at it here, we have two practices today, and we tried to get some situational work out there this morning, and get caught up on some things that you always fall behind on as you keep installing more stuff, there are things you need to go back over. So you try to catch up on that, and transition into the Tampa preparation, so the team will at least have a little bit of a rough idea of what we’re going to face down there. Given the experience of their coaching staff and their system, we have a pretty good idea of what they’ll run, and I’m sure they probably feel the same way about us. So that’s where we’re at. We have a little string here –- a combination of Tampa stuff, situational work, training camp, getting back out in pads and getting some contact and getting ready to go for Friday night. We’re just plugging along.”
A few other areas of note that Belichick touched upon:
On receiver Donte’ Stallworth: “He showed up quite a bit in spring workouts. I’m sure that in time, he’ll get back into his game. I’m sure it will take a little while. Those other guys are ahead of him.”
On safety James Sanders: “He works hard. He’s probably one of the most dependable players we have. He’s consistent, a very solid performance day in and day out. That’s a real strength.”
On what goes into a decision to work a player at one spot over another (i.e. Brandon Meriweather): “That’s a good question. I would say it’s a combination of what’s best for the player and what’s best for the team. Sometimes one overrides the other. Sometimes they’re the same, it’s an easy decision. You have to try to balance them, but I think in the end if a player has some versatility we’re probably going to see him in a couple different spots. When I say what’s best for the player, sometimes it’s the teaching progression. It’s a lot easier to learn one spot and go from that spot to another one, than it might be to do it in reverse.”
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