Projo Pats Blog

Hey all --

First off, belated holiday wishes and I hope everyone (who celebrates the day) enjoyed Christmas with family and friends. Personally, I had to wake up at 4:30 this morning to fly back here from Atlanta and drive directly from Logan here to Gillette. But hey, I love my readers (and having my job).

At any rate, as you'd expect, and as has become custom in recent weeks, there's a lot of media here. The NFL Network, ESPN, the New York Times, USA Today, and even Canada's TSN are on hand.

Bill Belichick opened his press conference by saying that "in a way, it doesn't seem that long ago that were played the Giants in our last preseason game, and in another way, it seems like we played them four years ago."

Belichick lauded the Giants for being a physical team, and noted that the defensive front seven is especially strong, leading the league in both quarterback sacks and runs for negative yardage.

In the locker room, Tom Brady, Heath Evans, Kevin Faulk, Kelley Washington, Rodney Harrison and Tedy Bruschi all chatted for a few minutes, and of course, 16-0 was on everyone's minds.

"Right now, our focus is the New England Patriots and doing what's best for this team," Faulk said. "If (16-0) falls into that category, then it becomes important to us."

Though they have a short week due to the Saturday game, the Patriots will have only a walkthrough today inside the Dana-Farber Fieldhouse.

shalise

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