Bill Belichick Press Conference - 11/25/2007

Sun, 25 Nov 2007

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick addresses the media during his postgame press conference at Gillette Stadium on November 25, 2007. BB: That was about the way we expected it tonight. Philadelphia is a good football team. They played well. They did a good job. [It was a] hard-fought game [that] came down to a couple plays and I was glad we were able to make them. We won the division, which was one of our goals to start the season so that's an accomplishment that the team should be proud of. As I told them in there, in the end they made enough plays to win the game and that's something they should be happy about. [There are] certainly a lot of things we could do better. Philadelphia is a good football team and they gave us a number of problems in all three phases of the game. [It was a] real competitive game, but we had a couple of big stops defensively at the end and made a couple of key plays offensively when we needed to make them - [we] got the ball in the end zone and that's what we needed to do. [We're] moving on to Baltimore, but [it was a] tough game, hard-fought [and it was] good to win. Q: Wes Welker was a key guy tonight. He had an outstanding game. Was the plan for him to be the one who was open? BB: It just all depends on the coverages that they play. [You] try to get the ball to the open guy and sometimes it worked out that way, sometimes it worked out for other guys. But Tom [Brady] does a great job of that, trying to get the ball to the receiver that has the best chance, the best leverage on the coverage and sometimes that was Wes tonight. Wes did a good job. Q: They had some success throwing the ball. Was that something you expected or the result of you guys keying off -- BB: They have a good passing attack. They have a real good offensive line. It's hard to get pressure on them. [A.J.] Feeley did a good job, like we've seen him do against us before. [Brian] Westbrook is a tough guy to tackle. We missed him a few times and that'...

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Play from 0:02[0:02]" butler expected tonight you know Philadelphia good football team had played well. It's edited a good job hard fought game came down a couple poison you know as they were able to make him -- we. When the vision which is one of our goals third season so not an accomplishment that the team should be proud of them doesn't it ultimately there in the end I think they've been up plays when again nuts nuts and they should be happy about. There -- certain things we can do better you know Philadelphia is good football team and and you know they -- is number problems and not at all brief visit again self real competitive game but. We have couple big stops defensively in London and you know make up key players offensively when you're making -- more in the end zone and you know that's that's we need to do so move on Baltimore but arm. Up and are all good when. -- it it's assault on the coverage does that put target all the open guy and you know sometimes it worked out that way sometimes it worked out in front because. But you know Tom does a great job of that trying to get the ball of the receiver that. As best chance does leverage our coverage -- him -- that was west -- That's really good job and six. But what you know it it -- and other good to -- odds on analysts -- pressure on. Well you know -- did a good job like but -- seen and who gets -- before no Westbrook is a tough got it back we missed a few times and let's -- calm so sort of a very also you know we've we've -- is when you -- things we knew better but there in other good offense football team and it is great job there. -- scheme at present a lot of problems defensively trying to match up well. I don't know him. I felt -- what's what's."

Play from 2:08[2:08]" It was what 50 fans let you do go with the passing attack spread formations I would."

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Play from 3:39[3:39]" Well we'd you know sent they were talking guns like record again you know we need to do better job -- testing offense on D on on the defensive side of the ball when -- do better job. It all until live definitions are so when middle of the promote there on third quarter and and a special teams -- hurt ourselves -- you know get off the onside kick obviously him and you know penalty on the return games those are all things that. You know. We've we don't we need daycare business do better job on this at all briefcases again we just you know we we have mistakes and they -- to -- so. I don't want to solid results announced a good football team out there they do a lot of things -- cause some problems. You know we got to coach him better and do their job --"

Play from 4:30[4:30]" There but thank you"