1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: Hey, Bill, good morning morning. How are we doing? Right 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: before we get to the Jets, I wanted your informed 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: opinion on two players that you coached and an athletic 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: competition between the two of them. So Thursday, on this 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 1: show at Boston College, it is Wiggy versus Christian Fourier, 6 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: jugs machine twenty to thirty five balls, twenty five to 7 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: thirty five balls? Who catches more? And with your informed 8 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: knowing both players as you do. Yeah, I mean hard 9 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: to get dragged into that one. Yeah, a lot of 10 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 1: times expired since those guys have played. But um yeah, 11 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: just catching hands. Yeah, I up there with anybody. Yeah 12 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: all right, I mean no disrespect of course to Christian Fourier, 13 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: but oh no, no, but yeah I would. I would 14 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: pay weeks hands against really probably pretty much anybody, really 15 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: good hand wigs. Alright, alright, I couldn't block anybody play, No, no, no, no. 16 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: I understand that that was one thing I had to 17 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: continue to work on. Get a chance to do anything 18 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: non football related over the weekend. Bill. Oh yeah, yeah, 19 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: it's always good to you know, get a little little 20 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: break and relax and rest a little bit, and uh 21 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: now now we're back at it. So I'm ready to 22 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: go bill watching the games yesterday, I loved watching the 23 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: game in Germany, but I know some people don't love it. 24 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: As a head coach, do you like that? Do you 25 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: like the games overseason and watching all the fans from 26 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: you know, Europe come out to watch the teams? Yeah, 27 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: I didn't see that, UM, but yeah, wherever they schedule 28 00:01:54,760 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: and we play on, so good on that. When you 29 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: look at what you guys were kind of able to, 30 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: you know, especially as a coaching staff, maybe look at 31 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: UM during the bye week, what are some of the 32 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: areas that you feel like, you know, we need to 33 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: obviously continue to get improve on and get better at, 34 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: or what are some of the areas that you do well? 35 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: Clearly you guys do a great job of taking the 36 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: ball away and have to consistently work on to keep 37 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: doing that at a high level. Right, Well, all the 38 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: things that are always important, you know, remain important, so points, turnovers, penalties, 39 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: execution and fundamentals and all the above. That's that's the 40 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: start of the list that obviously extends into a lot 41 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: of other little details and areas, but all the things 42 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: that fall into those categories are they're the highest priorities 43 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,679 Speaker 1: and then you work your way on down. Bill. I 44 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: saw that David Andrews back at practice um after the concussion. 45 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: How important is a healthy David Andrews to this team? 46 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: It was good as many healthy players as we can, 47 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: so happy to have all of them out there and 48 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: as many as many as possible. I mean, David's obviously 49 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: play a lot of football for a good player, but 50 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: m and happy to have him and everybody else that 51 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: can be back out there out there. Bill. When you 52 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: look at where you guys are in the sense of 53 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 1: being able to create sacks and get to the quarterback, 54 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: is that a scheme or is it more about you know, 55 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: guys who win in their individual battles. Well, yeah, I 56 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: mean in the end, everybody's gotta gotta beat somebody. You 57 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: get to the quarterbackers. Not many times where you just 58 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: have you know, the offense doesn't block somebody, you know, 59 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: maybe on a blitz or something that that's unusual. So yeah, 60 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: it comes down to, you know, win in one on 61 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: one pass rushes or are sometimes two on twos or 62 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: three on three, So how are you in create those 63 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: and then the execution of the of the group as 64 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: we always talk about pass rush. It's affective is effected 65 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: by pass coverage, and pass coverage effective at best rush. 66 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: So it really comes down to team defense. If we're 67 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: getting to the quarterback, that means the coverage is good. 68 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: If we're covering well, then that means the rush is good. 69 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: So it's it's hard. It's hard to cover them forever, 70 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: and it's hard to get to the quarterback if the 71 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: receivers are open, So you really need to blend those together. Still, 72 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: you look at some of the struggles that the offensive 73 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: line has had so far this season, what what do 74 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: you do to get them back on track for Sunday. Well, 75 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: that's again the same for every player and every group. 76 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: Continue to work on consistency fundamentals and you know the 77 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: communication and execution that goes with those. So that's that's 78 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: every position, whether it's the skill positions, the interior positions, 79 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: secondary to protection, kickoff return, um, it's really that's what 80 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: football is. It's individual funemls combined with the unit execution 81 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: that's that's involved. Bill. You hear a lot of people 82 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: say that you're the Jets kryptonite. Uh, And obviously you 83 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: got to win the last time, but now they're arrested. 84 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: You guys arrested. They're coming off a really impressive win 85 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: over the Bills. What is it about Zach Wilson that 86 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: has impressed you that maybe you know, the common fan 87 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 1: or even us sitting here right now don't see Yeah. 88 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: I don't know how you cannot see it. I mean 89 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: they won six games. Um, so you know he's really athletics, 90 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: got a good arm, made a lot of big plays 91 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: for him with his legs and his arm. M No, 92 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: they use a lot of on the line of scrimmy 93 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: decision making with the quarterback RPOs, some checks, things like that. So, 94 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: and Jets are a good team. They got a lot 95 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: of good players. He's one of them. Bill last week 96 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: he said that the Jets and Colts players had at 97 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: time diagnosed your plays pre snap. How common is that 98 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: for your in your experience coaching the Patriots. I think 99 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: you see some of that every game. Good players make 100 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 1: good plays. Sometimes they ant to state things and make 101 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: them and sometimes they you know, they gets wrong, rank 102 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: to stay wrong, same thing as coaches, and they make 103 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: certain calls into stay in one thing and sometimes you're 104 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: right and not always. So who's the most sort of 105 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: responsible for that? Occurring. Is it the play caller, the quarterback? 106 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: How do you how do you sort of divvy out 107 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: blame for those things? How do we divvy up what 108 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: I don't know, responsibility for the other team diagnosing the 109 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: play priests? Now, is that not mixing up the plays enough? 110 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: Is that something the quarterback should be able to see? 111 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: Is that the player? Oh? No, it could be a 112 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: number of things. Um. Defensive players study offenses and sometimes 113 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: they get a certain tip on a player's mannerism or 114 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: a stance, or it could be a formation, or it 115 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: could be a play that they've seen previously that they 116 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: identify and if it's the same play there, right, and 117 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: if it's the complimentary play, then then they would be wrong. 118 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: But that's part of instinctive intuitive football, whether you want 119 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: to call it, you know, anticipating the play, knowing the 120 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: plays something the matter some annex. That's what instinctive good 121 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: players have a knack for. And and sometimes that can 122 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: be you know, communicated to the team, depending on how 123 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: you know what it is. Or sometimes it's just an 124 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: individual that sees a certain thing and and he anticipates 125 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: it um, which is probably more of the case in 126 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: the last couple of games with UM. You know, Mosley 127 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: and Leonard, there are a couple of plays where they 128 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: just I don't know if anybody else, Mom, it didn't 129 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: look like it, but they did. And that's you know, 130 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: that's what made him. They've done great players, Bill, What 131 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: are some of the advantages of disadvantages playing a team 132 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: that you just played a few weeks ago. Um, now 133 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: obviously you're going to face the Jets. Is is there 134 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: an advantage to that? Is there a disadvantage when you 135 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: look at that? What is the one thing that maybe 136 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: stands out or a couple of things that stand out 137 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: in such short period of time. I think you got 138 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: to start all over again. And you know, we we 139 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: spent the last week, spent all of our time, you know, 140 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: learning and watching the Colts, and and that's over. So 141 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 1: now we have to put that behind us and and 142 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: refocus on the Jets. And UM was going back into 143 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: the in for another final exam. I'm sure they'll do 144 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: some things differently. They've had some time to do that. 145 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: We've had some time to make some adjustments and changes. 146 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: So we'll see how this game plays out. I'm sure 147 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: it'll be it'll play out differently than the last time 148 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: we played them, just the way the players match up 149 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: and what they're in, what we happen to be in 150 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: on particular players, and we'll see what and do what 151 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: happens that. You know, any time you play a team 152 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: twice three times in the division during the year, you know, 153 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: those games take on they take on. Each game takes 154 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: on some own personality and specific circumstances. Speak of the Colts, 155 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: are you surprised that Jim Mersey named Jeff Saturday the 156 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: head coach. Yeah, I'm not really sure about that. What 157 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: they're doing, just trying to concentrate on our team and 158 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: work on the things we need to work on. So yeah, 159 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: I don't know. You'd have to about one of the 160 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: guys on your team didn't really take the weekend off. 161 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: Devin mccordy as a guest analyst on CBS yesterday. Were 162 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 1: you able to watch that? Do you have a grade 163 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: for him? Maybe? No, I didn't. I didn't get a 164 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: chance to see it Bill last night, obviously, you know, 165 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw the game. You probably 166 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 1: didn't because he's, like you said, you were preparing for 167 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: the Jets San Fran and the child is playing. Uh, 168 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: Dre green Law gets thrown out of the game. And 169 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: I know you've said this before that you know, all 170 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,559 Speaker 1: plays should be reviewable. I think they were trying to 171 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,959 Speaker 1: say a defenseless receiver. Do you think the NFL gets 172 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,839 Speaker 1: to the point one day where that's something that they 173 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 1: maybe changed the rules to, you know, because he was 174 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: a key factor for the defense. Do you see the 175 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: NFL ever getting there where you know with your reviews 176 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: that you can review everything. Um, well yeah, I don't know. 177 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: I mean that's not my decision. But are you saying 178 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: every play is challengeable? Yes? Yes, sorry about that, Every 179 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: play is challengeable. Yeah, well, as you know, I've been 180 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: in favor of that, I'm not in favor of any 181 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: more challenges the challenge in the plays. It's just like 182 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: in the Buffalo Minnesota game. Um, you know, in that 183 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: two minutes in two minute situation with on the Gabriel 184 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,959 Speaker 1: catch on the sideline, like that play could have been 185 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: reviewed by the officials because it was in the two minutes. 186 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: It was under two minutes, and either it wasn't or 187 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: they missed it or whatever you want to characterize it. 188 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, but to me, that would be an 189 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: example of a play that the team, you know, should 190 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: have an opportunity to challenge if they want to and 191 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: if they have a challenge left. So again, there are 192 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: other there have been other examples of that. Plays that 193 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: have been occurred in situations where teams couldn't challenge because 194 00:11:55,800 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: there was you know, in two minutes or you know, 195 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: the rules prohibited those plays from being challenged. I get 196 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: the forward progress and things like that that you can't challenge. 197 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about that, but I'm saying not having 198 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: the ability to challenge a play that could impact the 199 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: outcome of the game, you know, even calls like holding 200 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 1: and half interference and things like that. I don't see 201 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:24,719 Speaker 1: why those plays can't be reviewed. But again it's not 202 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: my decision, so it is what it is. All right, Bill, Well, 203 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: we will let you get to work and we will 204 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: look forward to talking to you one week from today. Thanks, 205 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: all right, sounds good, Have a good week. All right, 206 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: there's Bill Belichick.