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Bill Belichick Press Conference Transcript

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Bill Belichick Press Conference Transcript

Q: It seems like they use a lot of double ‘A’ gap coverage. How does that put pressure on your offensive line?

BB: Well, that’s what they do. [Kevin] Coyle came from kind of the Cincinnati program, which is what they do. That’s definitely a big part of their defense, particularly in third down or two-minute passing situations. It puts six guys really on five. Your tackles, guards, and center and are against their four defensive linemen and two guys in the ‘A’ gap. You have to determine how you’re going to handle those six players. Sometimes they come, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they line up in there and bring people off the edge, so there’s actually a seventh guy that’s not part of that six. But again, when you line up there it, I don’t want to say it limits, but it makes it harder to get to other spaces on the field than if you weren’t lined up on the line of scrimmage. It puts pressure on one thing, but it also takes them away from something else. It’s like anything else, there’s a give-and-take with it. You definitely have to have a plan to decide how you’re going to treat it and what you’re going to do with it, because they do it quite a bit of it.

How are you feeling about the Ravens game? Wondering if the “Miracle Man” (my moniker for Flacco) is going to pull out some miracle passes and give us a considerable threat on offense, or go back to choking it big time. Right now this is the game I’m most nervous about.

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Hard to look past the Dolphins right now, but the potential ramifications going into the Baltimore game are certainly intriguing. To have a chance to put a serious dent in their playoff hopes in their building after the two losses last year? That would certainly feel good. 

I think without Reed and Ray Lewis, their defense will be find defending Brady a little tougher. They might’ve lost a step last year, but their savvy and fearlessness were huge factors in playing the New England offense.

It will be a huge game, but let’s get through this week’s huge game first.

Is it just me or should we fear Cinci and Kansas City more than Denver? I fear their defense and running game more than going into a rematch with Denver. Also this morning i remembered all the analysts saying this may be the year the pats take a step back….HA!

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You know, I really don’t think it matters who they play or where. It just comes down to the Pats playing 60 minutes of their best football. If they do that, they should beat anybody in the NFL. 

They don’t get blown out, so you know the games will be close, it’s just a question of whether or not they can put together six awesome games now. 

It’s kind of the great unknown. On one hand, you could see a scenario where without Gronk their offense regresses and if their defense doesn’t get better on third downs, they just wouldn’t be able to score enough to keep up.

But this team always seems to rally at this time of year, regardless of injuries. Same thing happened after they lost arguably their defensive MVP in Andre Carter late in 2011.

We’ll see how it plays out, but I think all the potential AFC matchups have their advantages and disadvantages. But if the Pats show up for the whole game, they will make some noise.

I’ve noticed recently Brady has been focusing in on getting the ball to Edelman a lot more than Amendola, even when Amendola is open. For example, the TD to Edelman at the end of the Browns game… Amendola was wide open, yet Brady chose the much more difficult throw to Edelman. Why does he not seem to be throwing as much to Amendola recently when it seems they have a lot of chemistry built up?

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Yeah, I noticed that as well and Nick Underhill pointed it out in his Tuesday film analysis. I don’t think it’s a total loss for Amendola yet, he obviously caught the game-winning touchdown against the Browns, but I do think Brady still is more comfortable with Edelman, and really, how could he not be?

Amendola will never be 100 percent this year with his groin injury and I think to some extent he’s missing some of his explosiveness. I think he’ll take some good strides forward next season. But with Edelman a free agent, it will be interesting to see how they handle him with Amendola already due to make a sizable chunk of change.

Given Amendola’s contract they’d take a $6.8 million cap hit next season if they were to cut him, so they’re probably not going to cut him.

But no question, Amendola will have to step up and make some big plays if the Pats are going to make run.