Head Coach Bill Belichick on WEEI 11/13: "We're not having the kind of success we want to have"

Greg Hill (0:00)

Hey, Bill.

Bill Belichick (0:01)

Hey, good morning.

Greg Hill (0:04)

Doing well. How was the trip back?

Bill Belichick (0:09)

I mean, long, but it was all right.

Greg Hill (0:10)

I wanted to ask you when it, I don't know if you look at things this way or not, but when it comes to all aspects of that game yesterday, coaching, game plan, player execution, is that the worst that you've experienced in your time here with the Patriots?

Bill Belichick (0:36)

I mean, we had a chance to win the game at the end, we just couldn't make the plays to win it.

SPEAKER_3 (0:41)

Bill, when you look at the end of the game, what went into the decision to go away from Mack Jones and put Bailey's at the end in the last two minutes of the game? Like you said, when you have an opportunity to win the football game, what was the major decision on why you went that direction?

Bill Belichick (0:58)

Yeah, we just felt like we needed to make a change at that point.

SPEAKER_4 (1:03)

Bill, at the end there, it seemed like Zappi believed there should have been a penalty on that final play.

When talking to media, he said he couldn't really say what he wanted to say. Did you see anything going on there that you think should have been called? And do you know what he means by that?

SPEAKER_3 (1:24)

Bill, when you look at that, and I think the biggest thing is always guys being ready to go.

Being in a situation where you never know you can get pulled out the last minute of the game or whether it's injuries or decisions. Was Billy Zappi, in the sense of the right mindset, was he prepared? Do you believe in your mindset to go down there and be able to come away with a win in that game?

Bill Belichick (1:50)

We've worked the two-minute drill. He's got a lot of opportunities on that and has actually done pretty well with it.

Greg Hill (1:57)

Speaking of mindset, how is the mindset of Mack Jones when it comes to confidence?

Bill Belichick (2:09)

I mean, look, we're not having the kind of success we want to have, but we're all competitors, we all show up to work every day and every week, and you'd have to ask the MAC that question, though.

SPEAKER_4 (2:22)

Bill, if you do decide to go with Bailey in two weeks against the Giants, having those two weeks to mentally prepare and physically prepare, getting the reps at practice, so on and so forth, do you think that we could see a different Bailey than we've seen when he's come in off the bench to start the season?

Bill Belichick (2:40)

Yeah, I don't know. We haven't really talked about that. We're just getting back from Germany and just trying to get reorganized here. So we haven't talked about any of that.

SPEAKER_3 (2:53)

Bill, when you look at that last interception that MAC threw in the red zone, it seemed like it was a really good play call. Gosecki was a little inside read option where he faked it, and Gosecki ran like an overroute. He had plenty of space.

Did MAC really say what led to him not putting the ball in the right position? Was it his mechanics or did he just not see the backside safety?

Bill Belichick (3:23)

Yeah, we really moved on from the play and went to the next situation there.

So we didn't really talk too much about the play, but Gosecki is on a deep overroute. Just didn't get it to him.

SPEAKER_5 (3:41)

Bill, was that a case where MAC was one red zone interception away from losing his job? Has this been something that you guys have been focusing on, the mistakes in that part of the field that led to the change of the position?

Bill Belichick (3:57)

Yeah, no, I wouldn't say this is about one play.

Greg Hill (4:03)

What was the rationale on the attempted punt block?

Bill Belichick (4:12)

Well, that's what we blocked the punt on with him last year. And so it was a little different look, and the ball ended up rolling 18 yards.

SPEAKER_4 (4:21)

Bill, between Zeke and David Andrews after the...

Bill Belichick (4:24)

So similar to what we did last year. The punt, the block punt that we had last year was all a similar look, so that was the thinking on it.

SPEAKER_4 (4:34)

Bill, between Zeke and David Andrews, they both said that they have all the faith in your coaching ability and that the locker room all believes in you. Do you feel that? Do you feel like you have that locker room and you can still control a locker room and have them good to go?