New England Patriots Audio

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick addresses the media during is press conference at Gillette Stadium, on Wednesday, December 29, 2010. BB: We're moving on to Miami today. We're going to go up in the bubble and just kind of have a longer walk-through, here. We got off to a little bit of a short week, a short start, there on Monday. As usual, Miami looks like they usually do: tough on defense, tough team to run against. They're right at the top of the league in everything, statistically, on defense. Again, the usual complements of players on offense: good running backs, good tight end, good receivers, big strong offensive line. [We've] got to be able to stop the run against these guys. [They're] playing well in the punt return game with [Davone] Bess, as usual, [and Nolan] Carroll on kickoffs. So, they're dangerous there. [They're] a good coverage team; [have] good team speed. We've had some real good battles with these guys over the last couple of years. [We] split with them the past two seasons with Coach [Tony] Sparano down there, so this will be tough. We've got to turn it around here and get ready for another division game [and] a team that we haven't played in a while now. So, we've got to re-familiarize ourselves with the Dolphins. Even though there are a lot of the same faces, things are a little different than they were a couple months ago when we went down to Miami. So, that's where we're at. Q: Is the walk-through the beginning of an attempt to get healthier? BB: No, it's our preparation for the Dolphins. I think we did it a couple weeks ago against somebody - I forget who it was. We'll be out this week. Whatever the conditions are, we'll be out this week and deal with them. Q: What role have the captains played in the team's success? BB: I think we have a good group here. The players selected four captains at the beginning of the year: Kevin [Faulk], Tom [Brady], Vince [Wilfork] and Jarod [Mayo]. Then after Kevin's injury, we talked about that as a g...