Each decision will be done on a case-by-case basis and we’ll make the decision we feel is best for the New England Patriots football team.
BILL BELICHICKI had no knowledge of the various steps involved in the game balls and the process that happened between when they were prepared and went to the officials and went to the game. So, I’ve learned a lot about that.
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So many different things happen in a split second during the course of the play, just like it is for a quarterback. The more of those things that you can do right, slow down, get the most important things, not get distracted by all the stuff that’s happening, but just really zero in on a target.
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I’m not going to be able to talk about the people who are involved specifically in any ongoing judicial process.
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I’m not really worried about the other 31 teams.
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There are no shortcuts to building a team each season. You build the foundation brick by brick.
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The less versatile you are, the better you have to be at what you do well.
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Not all teams use the same tests and certainly those tests are far from being 100 percent as well. It’s part of the process.
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I told you the one change we would make in the initial start level of the football pressure, but that’s really about it.
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I obviously understand that each team has the opportunity to prepare the balls the way they want, give them to the officials and the game officials either approve or disapprove the balls. That really was the end of it for me until I learned a little bit more about this .
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For a team to accomplish their goal, everybody’s got to give up a little bit of their individuality.
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Whatever success I’ve had it is because I’ve tried to understand the situation of the player. I think the coach’s duty is to avoid complicating matters.
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As part of the process, there are a lot of different ways to evaluate players. There are a number of different companies and things out there that do different things; that have different ways of evaluating and those types of tests and so forth.
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I would say that during the course of the game, I honestly never – it probably has happened on an incomplete pass or something – but I’ve never touched a game ball. It’s not something I have any familiarity with on that.
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I cannot comment on any player who has ongoing criminal charges and legal situations.
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I’m a football coach. I’m not a doctor … They don’t call plays, I don’t do surgeries. We have a great deal here.
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However bad we can make them, I make them. Any time that players complain about the quality of the footballs, I make them worse and that stops the complaining.
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