1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick on a Patriots Monday, Good morning, coach, Happy holidays. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your family. Yeah, 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: thank you at the Merry Christmas all Worsteners out there, 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: Thank you appreciate that. Bill. Uh. You know, tough loss 5 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: on Saturday to the Bengals. Lemandre Stevenson ended up fumbling 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: there towards the end of the game. What do you 7 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: have to say to him so that that doesn't start 8 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: snowballing after the miss Q in the in the Raiders 9 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: game and then the fumble this week? How do you 10 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: kind of get him back to a good mental mindset 11 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: so that doesn't that doesn't continue to snowball throughout the 12 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: rest of the season. Well, he's a good, really good 13 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: competitor or some one of our best players, and um, 14 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: I'm sure he'll be ready to go. Bill, you talk 15 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: about putting full games together, I mean it's still a 16 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: two house when you look out again and against Cincinnati 17 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: for US half you kind of, you know, struggle a 18 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: little bit offensively defensively. Second half you're able to pick 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: it up, you know, Eve being able to look at 20 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: the film. What were some of maybe the coaching points 21 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: that you give these guys, you know, obviously getting ready 22 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,759 Speaker 1: for a very talented Miami Dolphins team. About the importance 23 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: of you know, being able to play a full sixty minutes, right, Well, 24 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: we always talk about that and that's always our goal, um, 25 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: And so we'll always keep trying to do that. But yeah, 26 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: that's that's important, responded them. You know, a pretty big 27 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: lead there, twenty two point lead, and when you put 28 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: yourself in that position and a lot of things have 29 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: to go right from that point on and something doesn't, 30 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: then you can, you know, you can be in trouble. 31 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: So I try to do a better job playing a 32 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: full sixty mini games, no doubt about it. Bill. Was 33 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: there something in particular you might have seen that allowed 34 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: you guys to make some good defensive adjustments there in 35 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: the second half and shut out Cincinnati. Um, well, I 36 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: don't we. You know, we change a couple of things after, 37 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: you know, in that second series, and then from that 38 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: on it was we tried to play them about the same, um. So, Bill, 39 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: one of the change came. The change came more in 40 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: the first quarter. Bill. One of the things that you 41 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: always talk about is the ability to obviously create turnovers 42 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: and not turn the football over. It seems like weekend 43 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: and week out defensively, Uh, you guys put yourself in 44 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: a position where you're creating opportunities uh for for the 45 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: offense and you're creating these turnovers. Talk about how important 46 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: it is to continue to do that and how it 47 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: does give you the opportunity, um to put the team 48 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,679 Speaker 1: in a position to win football games. Uh, to be 49 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: able to create those turnovers. Well, the defensive staff and 50 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: players work extremely hard on those uh turnovers, as you know, wiggy, Um, 51 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: that's awareness, that's being opportunistic to you know, catch the 52 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: ball or scoop it up like ray Kwon did and 53 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: U in the Arizona game or or Doug did in 54 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: the Detroit game. But kind of no one win to 55 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: scoop it up when the fall on it and you know, 56 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: doing some good running. You know, it was a great 57 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: run by by Marcus m I'm not sure how many 58 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 1: how many players, um, we would have made that run. 59 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: But you know that's part of it too, is good 60 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: running skills with the ball in their hands. UM. So yeah, 61 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: just a combination of all those things, UM, knowing who 62 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: the targets are that we can have the best chance 63 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: to get the ball off of and then take advantage 64 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: of those opportunities when they come. Coach Kendrick Bourne had 65 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: a fantastic game for you guys on Saturday, had six 66 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: catches on nine targets for a hundred yards and a touchdown. 67 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: Is there any kind of plan to get him even 68 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: more involved going forward here with the two final games 69 00:03:54,520 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: of the season left, Well, everybody's involved in the passing game. 70 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: The question of you know what the coverage is and 71 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: what the quarterback says, and you know how there was 72 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: a particular pattern that we have called plays out, So 73 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: everybody's got to be ready to go and take advantage 74 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: their opportunities when they come. But you talk about guys 75 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: taking advantage of their opportunities, and you just spoke about 76 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: Marcus Jones and what he's been able to do. How 77 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 1: difficult is it to be able to balance the fact 78 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: that he's getting a lot of snaps on defense because 79 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 1: there's some injuries that you down on with but still 80 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: he's being very productive as an offensive player to be 81 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: able to balance those out, but also put him in 82 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: a position on offense where you know, defensively, teams can't 83 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: just focus on what he might do when he comes 84 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 1: into game. Yeah, that's UM. I think he summed it up. 85 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: He summed up the answer pretty well on the question. Uh. Well, 86 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: you know it's um M and the time, the time 87 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: allotment in practice is UM and meetings is finite. There's 88 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: only so much and and uh and then Marcus does 89 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,559 Speaker 1: you know, meet extra with on the things that uh 90 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: take place at the same time to cover them. But 91 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: it just you know, it can't can't get into everything, 92 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: UM until we pick our spots. You know, defense is 93 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,799 Speaker 1: a priority, UM, and his role in the kicking games 94 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: a priority. And offensively, we've kind of tried to you know, 95 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: take advantage of some opportunities and some openings to UM 96 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: teach them a few things and let them practice some 97 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: things that we feel like would help UM, you know, 98 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: explosiveness and diversity of the offense. And you know he's 99 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: done a great job of that. So UM, it's probably 100 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 1: about the way it's going to continue. You UM, we 101 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: can build a little bit more with him in there. 102 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: The hard friend to you know, convert to the full 103 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: time receiver, you know, in the middle of the season 104 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: like it happened this year, that would just be you 105 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 1: know too much. But you know, all the guys that 106 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: have done that in the past for us, like Troy 107 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: and Julian, Mike Rabel, guys like that that that played 108 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 1: some snaps on the other side of the ball. It 109 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: was somewhat restricted, but you know, they were used in 110 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: a way that that situationally we felt like they could 111 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 1: help our team and just kind of falls into the 112 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: same category. Bill. Mac had a decent amount of success 113 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: attacking down the field against the Bengals this week, a 114 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: lot more than he's had over the last couple of 115 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: weeks actually, And is there something in particularly you saw 116 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: for Mac this week that allowed him to really have 117 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: that success attacking down the field. Well, again, a lot 118 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: of that just you know, plays into the the play 119 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: and how it's covered and what the matchups are and 120 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: so forth. So and when those opportunities come up, um, 121 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: you know, that's that's what he wants to do, and 122 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: that's certainly what we want to do. Um, And that's 123 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: taken away and those opportunities aren't good. Don't want to 124 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: just throw it down there and into heavy coverage and 125 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: I don't think that's really the answer, so um, you know, 126 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: then you kind of try to work to where you 127 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: feel like the defense is weaker and take advantage of that. 128 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: So um, some of those plays are dictated by by 129 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: what happens on the other side of the ball. Not 130 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: not every one of them, but but some of them 131 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: certainly are. So when we get those opportunities, we will 132 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: try to take advantage them. Well, the great thing about 133 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: football is you never know how things are going to 134 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: shake up in just the way the game is going. 135 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: And you know, Miami loses, and now you guys got 136 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: a very talented Miami's Dolphins team coming into New England. Uh, 137 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: And you control your own destiny in the direction that 138 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: you want to go. But a team like Miami, they're 139 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: so explosive. They have two dynamic playmakers uh in Tyree 140 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: killing Jalen Waddle. What are the things that you, obviously 141 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: you know, got to focus on defensively, uh to be 142 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: able to slow guys of their caliber out and just 143 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: the weapons that they have on offense. What's gonna be 144 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: the biggest focus for you as a defense going again 145 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: against the team like Miami come this Sunday. The biggest 146 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: thing anytime you play against explosive players, those guys are 147 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: We've seen him every week, you know, Chase and last 148 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: week and m Adams a week before and right on 149 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: down the line. Um, yeah, of course that they're try 150 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: not to give it to them. In one play you 151 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: get up an eight yard touchdown. There's that's it. Um, 152 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: they gained some yards and you try to make them, 153 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: you know, run eight, ten, twelve plays to score and 154 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 1: just try to keep the ball in front of you. 155 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: So guys like that once take it behind you. How 156 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: many people are going to catch them? Honestly, you want 157 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: to make sure that a number one, it doesn't all 158 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 1: happen in one play, and you can't play so so 159 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: soft that you know there's walk the ball right down 160 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: the field. I mean that's not the answer, reader, but 161 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: there's some kind of balance in there where you so 162 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: definitely I want those guys to you know, be scoring 163 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: from you know, the other side of midfield or you know, 164 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: you had no chance to play defense after that. All right, Bill, 165 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: we really appreciate the time. Again. I hope you and 166 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: your family had a wonderful Christmas and have a happy 167 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: new Year. We look forward to talking to you again 168 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: in the new year, and good luck on Sunday Agains Miami. Okay, 169 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: great thank you, thanks a lot, Thanks so much, coach