Bill Belichick Press Conference Transcript
Defensively they’ve had some turnover. They’ve had some younger guys come in, for example in the secondary at corner. Lardarius Webb has emerged as a very good player; he’s been a big playmaker for them. He plays outside; they move him inside in the nickel package. Cary Williams, who isn’t a new player, but this is his second year as a starter so he’s certainly a new player for Baltimore and Jimmy Smith last year, so they have some new faces there at the corner position. Inside linebacker with [Jameel] McClain and Ray Lewis, that’s been steady here for a couple years, but they lost Jarret Johnson and Suggs is out, so they’ve had to make some changes there at the end of the line of scrimmage, however you want to look at it – Sam, crash end, rush end, that type of thing. [Haloti] Ngata has been a big force for them inside [and] continues to be. They’re very strong down the middle with Ngata and [Ed] Reed and Lewis of course.
