Coach Bill Belichick 11/26: "Just got to do a better job"

Bill Belichick (0:00)

All right, well, this is too much poor ball security on offense. You know, turn the ball over too many times.

Got away from us even a few times that we didn't turn over, you know, miss an opportunity at the end of the game to put it over time. So, you know, just not good enough. Too sloppy on the ball security.

SPEAKER_2 (0:24)

Bill, after you had some time, obviously up to five, what is the decision on starting back?

Bill Belichick (0:30)

Yeah, I thought both guys deserve a chance to play. I told everybody to be ready to go.

SPEAKER_3 (0:41)

Was it your plan to play Bailey the second half, or was that more a result of what happened in the first half?

Bill Belichick (0:47)

Yeah, I told everybody to be ready to go. I think they both deserve a play.

SPEAKER_4 (0:52)

Was it a 50-50 split in practice between Mack and Bailey every week?

Bill Belichick (0:55)

I don't know. Probably not quite, but I'm not sure.

SPEAKER_5 (1:00)

Is that, since Mack did start, was that fair to him to not get all.

SPEAKER_6 (1:11)

What went into the decision to release Will Greer?

Bill Belichick (1:14)

Bring Connor McDermott onto the roster.

Oh, well, we'll see. We won't know its status until Monday, Monday at 4

SPEAKER_2 (1:28)

Will Bailey start next week?

Bill Belichick (1:30)

Yeah, we just finished the game, yeah.

SPEAKER_7 (1:33)

Bill, we've heard you talk about ball security since the season over. Why is your message not getting through?

Bill Belichick (1:37)

Yeah, we're just going to do a better job of that, obviously.

SPEAKER_4 (1:44)

When did you inform players who would start in the quarter?

Bill Belichick (1:57)

Sometime here in a week.

SPEAKER_5 (1:59)

Do you think it's fair to judge Zappi's performance if he's not getting full out of Reps, though?

Bill Belichick (2:06)

Yeah, so everybody's job would be ready to go.

SPEAKER_2 (2:10)

Coach, did you think the officials missed the call on the hit to Mario Nogal's side of the game?

Bill Belichick (2:13)

Yeah, you'd have to talk to them about that.

SPEAKER_7 (2:19)

You started Conor and then bringing Trent Brown into the third series and most of the rest of the game. What led you to believe that was the best thing for the offense?

Bill Belichick (2:27)

Yeah, I think they both deserve to play.

SPEAKER_7 (2:30)

Why did you feel that way?

Bill Belichick (2:32)

Because I think they both deserve to play.

SPEAKER_4 (2:36)

Was there a factor that kept you from the 37-yard line in the first half against the second half?

Bill Belichick (2:45)

I'm sorry?

SPEAKER_4 (2:46)

In the first quarter, the first half, you guys played from the 37-yard line.

Bill Belichick (2:56)

I felt like we had a good field position for our defense.

SPEAKER_8 (2:58)

Do you feel there's an opportunity for relief in the coming week just based on what happened today?

Bill Belichick (3:05)

Yeah, I think there's an opportunity for everybody.

SPEAKER_9 (3:09)

Now that the game in the week has finished, how would you evaluate the approach to practice this past week?

Bill Belichick (3:19)

Yeah, I think there was too many things that we didn't expect to happen. So we just do a better job of, number one, taking care of the ball, take care of our opportunities.

That's all the way across the board, but there's too much poor ball security on offense.

SPEAKER_6 (3:34)

Bill, when you say you inform the starting quarterback who would start during the week, is that before you guys traveled down here to New Jersey?

Bill Belichick (3:48)

Yeah, well, look, our job is to get everybody to play as well as they can, so that's what we're trying to do.

SPEAKER_9 (3:56)

Is the quarterback split something that you plan on doing when you have practice this week?

Bill Belichick (3:59)

Game's just over. Game's over an hour ago.

SPEAKER_2 (4:03)

Bill, what's the plan coming into the game for both the quarterbacks to play?

Bill Belichick (4:06)

I told everybody to be ready to go. I think we covered that. I think they both deserve to play.

I told everybody to be ready to go.