- On whether Andre Carter is as adept against the run as he is against the pass: "I would say so. I would say handling the run is a skill of his. He's a pretty talented player - seventh pick in the (2001) draft; you don't into thst spot. He runs hard, he's a good athlete, smart guy. He has a lot goung for him. There's quite a few positives there."
- Conversely, Belichick wasn't as complimentary when asked to assess Sergio Brown's training camp thus far: "I'm not going to get into an analysis of every player...We're almost three weeks into camp; everyone that's been out there in improving. He's worked hard, he's in good condition."
- Whether the Pats have done any preparation for the Tampa Bay game: "Sure. We don't tell the team we're going to just roll the balls out...how could you evsluate them? That's part of the evaluation - they' going to play a lot of people and we're going to play a lot of people, that's part of preseason. Does that mean we're going to win the game at all costs and run a secret play? That's not really the point, but you have to give them" some information so they know what to expect.
- Belichick fielded a lot of questions about kickoffs, from whether a kicker who can "hang" the ball is an advantage under the new rules to whether the new rule and the potentially reduced number of kickoffs will influence roster decisions. After the third one, he quipped, "really digging here at end of camp?...I can talk kickoffs all day - that was my life for 10 years."
