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July 30, 2006

7/30 Beli-Quotes

FOXBORO - (Opening comment)...We'll have one practice today after having two-a-days the past two days then we'll get back on that (two-a-day) track tomorrow. We're getting into some situational stuff -- red area, two-minute -- we're moving along. It's time to string some good practices and consistent improvement together and not keep slipping back and having to repave the same road.

(WHY TWO-A-DAYS BACK-TO-BACK AS OPPOSED TO ALTERNATING DAYS? )
We decided to change it up a little bit this year. A little more time on the field a little less time in the meeting room at this point. We're trying to find the best way to be most productive and I think fundamentally we could use the time on the field to work on fundamentals and basics.

(HOW MONTY BEISEL AND TEDY BRUSCHI WORK TOGETHER INSIDE)
Tedy's played in this system a lot more than Monty has. Tedy's instinctively a very good inside linebacker. He reads plays quickly and he understands our system very well and knows where he fits on everything. Monty does too, he just hasn't had as much experience as Tedy has doing it. It has to become a more instinctive natural thing for him (as it was) for him in Kansas City or playing down in college. It's part of the process. We saw that with Bruschi when Bruschi got here in 1996. Playing on his feet, playing inside from what he was doing in college was a big adjustment. He wasn't very good at it, didn't play very much but it's hard to go from one system to another when they're different. Monty made some progress last year and he's already way ahead of where he was last year.

When you're confident you can be more aggressive and you can be more assertive. When you're less confident, you don't want to make mistakes and it tends to slow you down a little bit. Optimally on the football field you want everybody to know what they're doing, be confident in what they're doing, be confident in what the people beside them are doing so they can just be aggressive and do their job. Whether its a quarterback throwing the ball because he knows where the guy's gonna be because he's done it so many times and he's consistent. Whether it's a linebacker filling the gap or a defensive back jumping a route because he knows he's protected in the coverage. All those things.

I agree there's a growth process with everybody at every spot. I experienced it doing what I do. The more you do it, the better you get at it. The quicker you process it, the better you'll be at it. And then you move on to something else and you continue to get good at another skill and separate them and know when to apply them.

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