Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick
William Stephen Belichickis an American football coach, and the long-time head coach of the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Belichick has extensive authority over the Patriots' football operations, effectively making him the General Manager of the team as well. He was previously the head coach of the Cleveland Browns...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 April 1952
CityNashville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
I was proud of the way we fought. We got a lot of people an opportunity to play and you never know when that's going to be beneficial. That is really our last opportunity to do that, so we tried to take advantage of that.
We played guys to get them experience, get them out there to play.
We played guys to get experience so they will be better prepared to play if they are called upon.
We have to play better in that phase of the game. We didn't cover it well or return it well. There is not one magic thing that can take care of it. We have to play better.
I just report his physical condition. That's all.
I mean, they're 7-0, ... They're undefeated. Until somebody beats them, I don't see how you can say anybody is any better than them.
I knew we could play better than we did early in the season. It's a credit to the players that they've turned things around.
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 pleased to tell you that Duane Thomas, Steve Carlton, and Marcel Marceau have been signed by the Patriots.
In 30-plus NFL seasons, I can tell you that some of the seasons where teams have undergone the most change or (face) what might be perceived as the most difficult circumstances turn out to be the best years.
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.
I think all of the players on the team understand that they are going to be called on to do certain things, and for us to win and be successful, they need to do it, whatever it is,
I never said that. I would never say that. I don't know what's going to happen. He's done it in the past, and if we needed him to do it again and we called upon him, I'm sure he would do it.
I haven't thought about it in a while. It's been such a gradual, steady thing. It wasn't like the room was dark and, all of a sudden, the light switch was flipped on.