NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS HEAD COACH BILL BELICHICK

POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE

November 12, 2006

BB: All right. Well, it is kind of typical, Jets‑Patriots game. It comes down to the last possession. A hard fought game and they made more plays than we did. We had some opportunities in the first half that we weren't really able to take advantage of. Good field position down there. Of course, that all comes back to the problems, couldn't make any plays there defensively to get the ball back soon enough to have enough time there at the end. They just made more plays than we did and that's it. We have to just go back to work here, keep working to get better at the things we're not doing as well as we need to do. That's no secret.

Q. Did they do anything with their defensive play calling because it seemed like they were able to get some guys free?

BB: Yes. We saw that in the first game. We have to do a better job with it.

Q. Bill, why didn't (Doug) Gabriel play in the second half?

BB: We played all our receivers today. We played them all.

Q. I don't think he (Doug Gabriel) played in the second half.

BB: Yes, I don't think he did either. We played them all today.

Q. Was he injured?

BB: I don't think he was injured, no, no. We played them all. We got them all in there and they all got an opportunity to play.

Q. It seems like you guys got a real productive day out of Corey (Dillon) and really he got off to a good start. Was it good to maybe see him get out there and have that kind of production?

BB: Well, I mean there were some good things in the game, but we ended up not winning so it could have been better. It leaves a bitter taste in everybody's mouth. The positives, we have to do more of them to come out with more plays than the opponent. We didn't do that. So there were some good things in the game but…

Q. How much did you miss Rodney Harrison?

BB: It would be good to have a lot of players in there but we didn't. So we move back on and continue working hard.

Q. Bill, was (Richard) Seymour dealing with some sort of injury in the second half? It seemed like his playing time was really sporadic.

BB: No. We played the whole defensive line.

Q. Any reason why he wouldn't be able to play a down?

BB: It was a long, tough game. We put everybody in there.

Q. Did the field ‑‑

BB: Just like they played everybody too. It was the same for both teams. Pretty slow, traffic, same for both teams.

Q. When you saw Ellis (Hobbs) try to make that play, do you feel like maybe Ellis could have maybe attacked the ball a little bit better there?

BB: I don't know. I was pretty far away from the play so I didn't get a real good look at it.

Q. Bill, you rushed for 100 yards the first quarter, none in the second quarter.

BB: Well, we were a little bit inconsistent in the game so I think we had some opportunities, we just didn't take advantage of them in the first half. We had that long run, that always pushes the numbers. At the same time, we needed to get more plays in there. I mean they pretty much played what they played, sometimes they played better and we didn't block it, sometimes we blocked it. We have to be more consistent.

Q. It looks like Tom (Brady) was off on his throwing.

BB: You have to ask him. I don't know.

Q. How do you think he played today?

BB: Well, I just think as a football team there were plays we would like to have back and we could have done better. I don't think anybody played a perfect game. You can say that.