Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo addresses the media during his postgame press conference at Gillette Stadium on Monday, December 6, 2010. Q: Is this the best defens...
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Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo addresses the media during his postgame press conference at Gillette Stadium on Monday, December 6, 2010. Q: Is this the best defensive performance the team has had all year? JM: Yeah, I think so. I have been saying since six weeks ago that this defense has been taking steps forward and guys have really been stepping up, like Devin McCourty and Brandon Spikes, who had huge plays today, and I like the direction that we're going in. Q: Did you ever have any doubt that a game like this for the defense would come? JM: We had those extra days to prepare and I think guys had spent a lot of time in the film room. With those days off we were still here watching film. Coach Belichick put together a great game plan and we came out and executed it. Q: The amount of talking that the Jets do and did do, did that give you any extra motivation? JM: Not really. To be honest with you, Coach Belichick does an excellent job of telling us to ignore the noise each and every week and I think we did our talking on the field tonight. Q: How much did that lead help? JM: That was huge. Just to make the Jets one-dimensional and to make them have to throw the ball. We know what they expect and our guys went out there and made plays. Q: Coach Belichick talks about playing a full 60 minutes. Do you think that this is the first time that has happened? JM: I think so. Throughout the game he kept reminding us to play 60 minutes just put it all together, and this was one of our best efforts this year. Q: You guys picked off [Mark] Sanchez on three different occasions. Can you talk about your rookie teammate [Devin] McCourty? JM: He's doing an excellent job. He's always here early in the morning and he stays late and it's really showing on the field. Since he came in as a rookie he has really put in the extra time and that hard work is really paying off for him now.
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Patriots head coach Bill Belichick addresses the media during his press conference at Gillette Stadium on Friday, November 12, 2010. BB: Winding it down here for P...
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Patriots head coach Bill Belichick addresses the media during his press conference at Gillette Stadium on Friday, November 12, 2010. BB: Winding it down here for Pittsburgh. How [are] you guys doing? Hay in the barn? Are those weekend stories written? Alright, whatever you need here. Q: Start off with Tom Brady. Since the last time we talked to you, he showed up on the injury report with the foot. Is there any level of concern about his effectiveness this weekend? BB: We'll see how it goes today and list him accordingly this afternoon. Q: Is there any worry fundamentally or mechanically since it's a foot injury? BB: We will do the same thing we always do. We'll practice. We'll go through the week and list his participation in practice based on what it is and list his status for the game just like we do everybody else's based on what we think it is after we get through the whole week - after we get through Friday's practice. Q: How has the transition been so far with the new specialists? BB: I think good, actually. [Shayne] Graham and [Matt] Katula have worked together down there in Baltimore, so they've played before. It's definitely a question of getting used to it and timing and so forth, so we've done that for a few days and we'll see where we're at. I imagine it's alright. Q: I would assume it's more important for Zoltan Mesko to get used to those two guys? BB: Yes, certainly. He's the other important part of that in the field goal aspect, but also in the punting game with Matt and Zoltan and the personal protector and the calls and so forth. It affects the center in terms of blocking responsibilities and snap location sometimes [and] things like that. There is a lot going on there. Hopefully we can do a good job with it. We'll find out on Sunday; I'm sure they'll test us out. Q: Do you ever make an effort to practice bad snaps with Zoltan? BB: Oh, sure. Yeah, we do bad snap drills with the holder and the punter, absolutely. That's always part of the ...