Projo Pats Blog

Before leading today's only practice (2:30 - 4:30) Bill Belichick hit on a few points in his media session.
He said that in a competitive race at wide receiver, holdovers Jabar Gaffney and Reche Caldwell should benefit from playing in Foxboro last season. Both are under the gun after the Pats brought in Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Donte Stallworth and Kelley Washington in the off-season.
``It's definitely an advantage that they played in the system and played with Tom (Brady),'' Belichick said. ``We had 100 or so practices and 23 games. Sure, I think that's definitely an advantage.''

Asked about the off-season personnel activity, Belichick said there was no special impetus for the big free agent signings and trades but conceded, ``There's always a sense of urgency. That's what this league is.''
``We do the same thing every off-season. We evaluate our team and as opportunities come up, we make decisions that we think can help our football team.''

For the second time in a week, the coach waxed poetically about the passing of Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh. He considers Walsh a true innovator and a coach whose work ``has infiltrated the whole league,'' through the work of legions of assistants who've gone on to become outstanding head coaches in the NFL and college.
Walsh has written two books, the second of which Belichick regards as ``the Bible for running a football organization. He's got it all there, from A to Z. It's like an encyclopedia.''

Look for more Blog updates after today's practice.

KEVIN McNAMARA

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