Projo Pats Blog

Here's some of Bill Belichick's postgame press conference:

Opening statement
Well, that isn’t exactly the way you draw them up, but we’re happy with the win. The Bears are a good football team. It’s good to come out on top. I'm sure neither team feels like they played their best football today. Still, all that being said, fortunately we were able to make a couple more plays than they did and that’s why we won. There were plenty of mistakes to go around out there, all the way around, every phase of the game for both teams. We had some guys step up and make some big plays at the right time. That’s what ended up being the difference in the game. [There are] a lot of things we have to work on, a lot of things we need to work on. That’s what we’ll do this week and get back to work on.

On Asante Samuel's three interception effort
He made three big plays. He made three big plays and missed one. He has good hands, plays the ball well. He’s an instinctive guy.

On Kevin Faulk, who set the franchise record for receptions by a running back today:
I think Kevin is good in all areas of the passing game. He’s quick. He understands coverages – man and zone, kind of knows where the open spots are. He has good hands. He knows how to set defenders up. He knows how to find open spaces and does a good job of beating man coverage. He’s a good screen back. He’s good getting loose in the open field and loose plays with the ball in his hands. We like to see him get it in those situations.

We'll be back with more in a bit

shalise

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