Bill Belichick 9/24: "Glad to get out of here with a win"

Bill Belichick (0:01)

Okay, it was a good win for us today, down here. It's always tough. You know, Jets are a tough team, do a good job.

Defense is really, really good. And, you know, had a good running game. I thought we'd play a pretty good run defense against them. And, you know, we're able to run the ball better than we have in the first couple of weeks.

You know, in the end, some key plays in the fourth quarter that, fortunately, we were able to make a couple more than they were. But, you know, it's kind of been like this three weeks in a row for us. So, it's good to come out on the, you know, come out on the good end of it.

SPEAKER_2 (0:40)

How much is this a continued learning process for your group and for your team as you get better and better each week?

Bill Belichick (0:47)

Yeah, well, yeah, hopefully. You know, we're starting to have a little continuity here on the offensive line. So, that was good. I think that definitely helped the running game. You know, Coach O'Brien did a good job mixing the play actions in there, you know, hit a big pass on that. You know, I think probably the running game helped that a little bit. So, yeah, the more we can, you know, keep these guys working together and improve our time and execution, the better off we're going to be.

So, the turnover is a good place to start.

SPEAKER_2 (1:17)

What have you seen from Farrell Brown and how nice of that, as you mentioned, to just make that play for him?

Bill Belichick (1:24)

Yeah, Farrell's done a good job. You know, he came in here, you know, the first week and played in the opener and has played every week. You know, it's good to have a guy that can do what he does. You know, he's got some size he can box. You know, catch the ball a little bit. You know, it's a good compliment to Mike and Hunter.

Sorry.

Yeah. You know, it was a tough day to kick. A bunch of long ones. You know, the weather wasn't great. I thought he hit the ball pretty well.

Timing on a couple of them could have been better. We need to have a little cleaner operation. But you know, I thought he showed a lot of mental toughness coming back and making that kick in the third quarter. You know, after the one at the half, it was just kind of a great operation. But he did a good job for us. And you know, same thing with Bryce. You know, he had a couple of good punts here at the end, situational punts that were what we needed. And so, yeah, those guys, you know, had a couple of bad weather games already in September. It's just not usually the case, but that's what it is, and that's what we're going to have to play in. So, you know, some good learning experiences for both of them.

SPEAKER_3 (2:42)

I know you touched on it, no turnovers, but, you know, how important was that today, you know?

Bill Belichick (2:46)

It's always important. Yeah, that's the most important thing is points. Next most important thing is turnovers. So there's certainly a correlation there. So if we take better care of the ball, then that gives us a lot better chance to win.

SPEAKER_3 (2:59)

Talk about Zeke. Do you feel him getting a little bit more comfortable and confident as now he's in week three with you guys and progressing?

Bill Belichick (3:05)

Sure, yeah. Zeke's done a good job for us, and I think we're getting a little bit of feel for some of the things, you know, with him and vice versa.

I thought he had a couple, you know, real good runs today. We'll look at the film and look a little more carefully, but I thought he did a nice job of, you know, got his pads down, got some tough yards, and, you know, his vision was good, you know, on a couple of cutback plays, so.

SPEAKER_2 (3:28)

Bill, 157 yards on the ground. You know, if a Darian Lowe steps in and left back, well, it's been a process for you guys at right tackle, excuse me. Just what's that been like watching the offense blind? David Andrews said earlier in the week, hey, we got to have that mentality to run the football against this guy.

Bill Belichick (3:45)

Yeah, I mean, it was a really big challenge against the Jets front. You know, they play a lot of people up there, and they got a lot of good ones. You know, obviously, you know, Williams and, you know, Woods inside, and those guys are, you know, good. And, you know, the ends, I mean, they're, I mean, it's a good group. You know, nine guys that roll them all through.