Patriots' coach Bill Belichick had a day-after conference call this afternoon; here are some excerpts from the chat. As always, he stressed that the team did some things well but still has things to work on as it looks toward its regular season opener against Buffalo on Sept. 10.

Q: Were there certain things that really encouraged you when you were looking at the tape (of the Redskins game)?

BB: There were some things that I thought we practiced and met on and talked about that we executed fairly well and got done. There were other things that weren’t as crisp. Sometimes it was the same play that looked better one time than it did another. So we’re still working for consistency. We played quite a few people in the game, so that adds to a little bit of the overall timing execution as well. There were some things that were good. There were some other things that we need to improve on. There were some new looks from Washington that we can learn from. I think this will be a really good film to teach off of and I look forward to showing the players because I think that they will see things and understand things a little bit better after we’ve had a chance to show it to them on tape.

Q: What did you see from (Junior Seau) overall last night?

BB: He was in on a few plays and is starting to get the communication and playing with guys, the fits in the running game. Playing some drop-back pass responsibilities and stuff like that, built in from the practice reps. That's a start.

Q: How does Johnathan Sullivan look? Is he improving?

BB: Yes, he sure is. He definitely is. I think every game he has played better and he’s practiced better.

Q: Will you be making any roster moves before the cut down date?

BB: We’re probably going to talk about that a little bit later this evening. In any case, it has to be done by Tuesday at four. We’ll just have to see how it goes. I couldn’t commit to anything right now one way or the other.

Q: What do you say to fans that think from watching the game last night that the offense is a juggernaut?

BB: Well, as I’ve been saying, this game was a step in our preparations, it was part of the process. Some things were okay and hopefully we can continue to build on those. Other things were a little less than okay and they need to be corrected and improved and that’s what the process is, so that’s what we’re going to do.

We'll have more tomorrow after Belichick's morning press conference and the locker room access period.

have a nice night,
shalise