I wish all there was to it was to take a chair and throw it into a blackboard or something and then all of a sudden, everything is (fine). I don't think that's really the answer. |
I'm not going to do a minute to minute evaluation, |
I'm not really worried about the other 31 teams, |
I'm pleased to tell you that Duane Thomas, Steve Carlton, and Marcel Marceau have been signed by the Patriots. |
I'm proud of the team. The players played hard and I thought they played well and made the plays they needed to make to win the game. |
I'm respectful of what this group has accomplished, what the previous Patriot teams have done and what this means in terms of league history and all that. But none of that really means anything in what we do from here on. |
I'm sure our younger players will play a bit more than they did in the Green Bay game, |
I'm sure that we'll look at some of the players that didn't play as much in the Green Bay game (last Friday night's 27-3 win at Lambeau Field) a little bit more against the Giants and try to get the best evaluation that we can as we make our final decisions at the end of the week. I'm sure that the players who didn't play as much against Green Bay will play more than the ones who did play quite a bit against Green Bay. Let's put it that way. |
I'm sure the other 31 teams have things that they're concerned with today, one way or another. We have plenty to do right here. I'm not really that concerned about what everybody else is doing. |
I've been in the game for a while. I've heard 'Belichick' and 'genius' together. I've also heard 'Belichick' and 'moron' together. |
I've talked to Ty, but we never talked about any contract or anything like that. |
I've told everybody to be ready to go. I'm sure that we'll look at some of the players that didn't play as much in the Green Bay game a little bit more against the Giants and try to get the best evaluation that we can as we make our final decisions at the end of the week. I'm sure that the younger players and the players who didn't play as much against Green Bay will play more than the ones who did play quite a bit against Green Bay. Let's put it that way. |
If a player has a lot of longevity and production, you're looking at two factors -- skill and durability, |
If the playoffs were set up the way they [used to be], they'd probably be playing at home. |
If their job's to block, they block. If their job's to tackle, they tackle. A football player's a football player. You've got a job to do, you do it. There's no class system. Everybody's got to block. Everybody's got to tackle. |