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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady addresses the media during his postgame press conference at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, November 15, 2009. Transcript to follow

Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss addresses the media during his postgame press conference at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, November 08, 2009. (On his 71-yard touchdown reception) "Just a play, just we executed. It was the play we called and everybody did what they had to do and 71 yards later it was a touchdown. So you really have to commend all 11 guys, because I've said once before, if you got 11 guys working together, anything is possible. That's what we tried to do here, is just execute on offense and everybody did everything right on that play and you saw the results." (On what he saw when lining up on the play) "Well, Wes [Welker] was on the other side and he took the safety to this side, so the good thing about it is we run decoy routes, we got other people open and when good things happen we all get a pat on the back."

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick addresses the media during his press conference at Gillette Stadium on Thursday, October 29, 2009. We're just working on a lot of things this week in all phases of the game - offense, defense, special teams. Obviously, we've gotten started on Miami, but also a combination of things we need to work on generically, regardless of who we're playing and that's just kind of across the board. We need to work on everything, stay sharp and improve in every area. That's what we're doing and also, like I said, trying to get a little bit of a head start on the Dolphins. We had a good day out there yesterday, got some weather and got the opportunity to work in it. It's always a good experience for us. I'm sure at some point we'll see a day that's not perfect out there and the fact that we practiced in it and had a chance to work in it a little bit - I think that's always a good thing. It kind of sharpens practice up a little bit. Q: You mentioned self scouting this week. Can you explain what that is and the process behind that? BB: I would say two things, one is your own tendencies - what you're doing in certain situations by plays, blitzes, returns, by down and distance, by field position, by hash-mark, by personnel that's in the game, by the alignment, formation you lineup in - all those things. You sort of looking at what other people are seeing from you and what tendencies you have. I think every good team has tendencies. I think you can look out there at any team in football, in basketball [and] hockey, there are certain things that they do and if they're a good team they probably do them well. You look at it and say, ‘There they go again, that same thing's happening again.' I don't think those tendencies are necessarily a bad thing, but I think there is a point where you want to have balance and do things to compliment it. The other thing is production, where you're actually producing. What plays - how productive are they? Maybe ...

New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker addresses the media during his postgame press conference at Wembley Stadium in London on October 25, 2009. Q: (Question off microphone.) WW: I'm definitely getting there, and took a few hits today. We'll see how we feel in the morning. But this is a bye week, and we want to make sure we lay it on the line and made sure we were ready to go and we're able to do that. So hopefully we get some rest and get a good week of practice and get some time off and come back the next week ready to go. Q: (Question off microphone.) WW: I thought it was really nice. It really reminded me of the Super Bowl in Arizona, how the field felt to me. So having that experience, I had on the right shoes. We did have to go with the screw ins, but really there weren't too many slips out there where I was falling down or anything like that. I think there was one time where I was trying to cut. But other than that, it was a fast track and I liked it. Q: (Question off microphone.) WW: I mean, he did a good job out there. It's tough for a rookie, especially he's been out there for a week. So really just coming in and understanding the system. We got a very complicated system. So for a guy to jump in there, it's tough on them. But he'll learn as he goes, and he's a good player, did a lot of good things in practice this week, and we just have to keep bringing him along and have him be a force to be reckoned with out there. Q: (Question off microphone.) WW: We talked and stuff. But for the most part he knew where to line up and where we're going. And things get screwed up sometimes out there, because you want certain guys on certain routes sometimes. And we'll be switching and things on our own. So I think that's kind of hard on him with guys who have been in the system for as long as we have and understanding where we want everybody. Q: (Question off microphone.) WW: Yeah, it was really well blocked. We got offensive linemen that can really get...

Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather addresses the media during his postgame press conference at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, October 25, 2009. On his interceptions You always want to kind of put a stress on turning the ball over. At the end of the day, if you get a lot of turnovers, nine times out of ten you win. On how he got his interceptions That's where the film studies come in at. They actually ran that play against Carolina last week. And the coaches just happened to put us in a great position. So when coach put us in a great position, I think the quarterback and the receiver were on two different pages and he just happened to throw the ball and I just happened to get a good break on it On if the Patriots defense is getting better I think we're young. I think we have a lot of things to get better at, and I think we do a lot of things well. So we still got some stones to build and some stones to overcome, but we're going to be all right. On the trip to London To be honest, I think my favorite part besides the win was going to see the palace and Big Ben. Actually, I take that back. We went to a haunted house that was over by Big Ben yesterday and just to see some of my teammates act like little kids, happened to be probably the best part of my weekend.

New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker addresses the media during his postgame press conference at Wembley Stadium in London on October 25, 2009. Transcript to follow

Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather addresses the media during his postgame press conference at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, October 25, 2009. Transcript to follow

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady addresses the media during his postgame press conference at Wembley Stadium in London on October 25, 2009. TB: Trying to make the right play and it happens. Happy the way we responded in the second half. We came out, put a touchdown on the board early. Had a great drive there on the end. So I'm not disappointed at all. Q: (Question off microphone.) TB: He's all right. He's all right. I'll tell you, he needs to leave if I'm going to anyway, he's a great player. He does everything right out there. He's always in the right spot. He gets open versus any coverage on any route. He and Randy and the way Aik played today, they all stepped up and made some great plays. So we needed it. Q: (Question off microphone.) TB: Well, hopefully they enjoyed it. There were some good plays out there by us. It wasn't as close a game as they've had in some of the past years, but happy we came out with the win. We came over here hoping to get a victory, and we did that. So it's nice going into a bye with a couple of victories under our belt, and it will be a fun flight home tomorrow. Q: (Question off microphone.) TB: I'm all for it. I'm all for it. If we can guarantee in that bye in week eight, I'd love that, too. So it was a fun experience for all of us, to think we all took something different out of it. You don't get this opportunity too often, and I think all the guys really enjoyed it. Q: (Question off microphone.) TB: Yeah. Yeah, all the flashbulbs were going out there before kickoff and everybody seemed excited. The went on for about 10 minutes, which you don't see that in the States too often. They seemed excited for the fans here. I think it's a privilege for the players to come over here and get to enjoy this type of experience. So, like I said, it probably will never happen again for us, so we'll retire 1 0 internationally. Q: (Question off microphone.) TB: He did good. It's pretty tough to do without practicing at all for all through tr...

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady addresses the London media during his conference call on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Q: Can you give us your general thoughts of the game in London and what it means to you and your team to be coming over to London? TB: Sure, we're all very excited. I think this is a game that we've all been looking forward to since we heard that we were flying across the Atlantic to play. It's not too often that we fly east to play a game. And to play in Wembley Stadium, as historic a stadium as in the entire world, I think our team is all very excited for that. Q: Will you be conscious that this is a different audience on an international stage? TB: Sure, for us, the job's the same. When the ball is kicked off, the rules are the same for us, the field's the same size, we're playing an opponent that we studied all week. Obviously, the venue is different and we're in a different part of the world, but I know the excitement that the English fans have for sports, especially their favorite sport, which is their ‘football.' Hopefully, we can bring some excitement and continue to have some fans from across the world enjoy the game that we love here in America. Q: How do you prepare to go across the Atlantic with the time change? TB: Yeah, we are leaving a few days early. We are leaving Thursday after our practice. I think we get in pretty early Friday morning. We will have a couple days to get acclimated to the time change. The weather is pretty similar in London as it is here in Boston, so we're pretty familiar with that. It's just going to be trying to get our rest before the game on both Friday night and all day Saturday, and really come out and play with a lot of excitement and energy because it's a special game for us. This is a game that we'll be remembering for the next 40, 50 years of our life, so we all want to go out and play as well as we can. Q: Has Robert Kraft put any extra pressure on you to impress the locals? TB: He's as excite...

Patriots defensive coordinator Dean Pees addresses the media during his conference call on Monday, October 19, 2009. Q: What were your thoughts on the play of the outside linebackers? Guys like Pierre Woods, Tully Banta Cain, Derrick Burgess, Rob Ninkovich who filled the role where we would normally see Adalius Thomas? DP: Kind of like everything, we had some good plays. I thought they pressured the quarterback at times decently. We didn't get sacks, but at least we had some pressure on him. He was getting hit and there were some plays out there on the edge that they did a nice job setting the edge. And, there were also some plays in there that got inside us a little bit and then back outside and went for some big plays because of missed tackles. But we certainly have to do better than that and do better than we did. Overall I thought everyone played hard and understood the game plan and played fairly well. Q: Have you been happy with the run defense, especially the safeties and how the run defense is coming together? DP: Like I said, I think it's a little sporadic at times. We have to do a little better job all the way across the front but also on the back end, specifically. We had some plays yesterday where we gave up a 40-something yard run, a 30-something yard run and a 20-something yard run. Anytime you give up a run like that, it not only got through the front seven, but it got through the secondary. Their job is to keep it from being a big play. So I think I saw this morning, I think I added up that they had 86 yards after we had a chance to get them on the ground in the running game. We can't live with that. Obviously there was a problem with the secondary. Secondly, there's a problem when you miss a tackle in the secondary and it goes for a long run. Now, granted I think they have some very, very good runners, but it doesn't matter who's running the ball. That's what I mean by sporadic. At times we look very good up there and sometimes it's no one parti...