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Mike: At the same time, one of the big stories was that linebacker Adalius Thomas was a healthy scratch. I was there in the locker room Wednesday when Thomas addressed reporters for the first time, and it looked to me like his pride was hurt. What are your thoughts on that situation?
Tedy: Back in 2006, when we lost to the Broncos, I was at inside linebacker along with Junior Seau. The next day, Coach Belichick pulled me and Junior into his office and spoke to us privately, and he told us that with all the experience we had combined, we had put forth the worst performance he had ever seen by two inside linebackers. To watch the game, it wasn't glaringly awful and we didn't have individual plays where we gave up touchdowns. We didn't have penalties that cost us the game. But we did have bad reads versus the run. When we flowed left, it should have been right, or we stepped forward when we should have flowed over the top. Those were examples of mistakes we shouldn't have made. Then we went to the team meeting, and along with other mistakes the team made in the game, he showed the missteps that Junior and I had. That is how Coach Belichick calls out veteran players who he wants to play better for him and meet his standards, which are very high. He does it privately and then in front of the team. The deactivation of Adalius Thomas was public. It's a move where everyone can look at it and question it, and pull away every single layer to try to figure things out. That is different. Yes, Adalius does not have the best numbers right now -- 12 tackles and one sack. But just based on production, a deactivation isn't warranted. This has to be something else. This is a total different form of discipline than Bill typically uses with veteran players who have been productive over the course of their careers in New England, like Adalius has been for him. This is something to be watched closely as the season progresses. Will Adalius end up being a contributing member of the team once again? It's highly possible he can. But right now, he is in the doghouse, and Coach Belichick's is one of the toughest doghouses to get out of.
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Re: Reiss ,Tedy break down of titans and bucs game
Well, this is as close as we're going to get to the source, so it does sound serious.
EDIT: I have to say that Bruschi's breakdowns are some of the best analysis I have read lately. Goes deep and is quite insightful.
We learn more about Maroney (Bruschi: he had a great game last week because he couldn't just dance around because the snow doesn't allow that, so it took away any incentive to stop and make decisions).
And Galloway: (Just couldn't put in that extra effort to learn the playbook as well as have the guts to go across the middle)
And a little insight on the Broncos game: (The "wildhorse" forced the Pats D to go vanilla a lot more than it wanted to, so that made it easier for Denver to pick them apart).
In retrospect, I think Bruschi hit the nail on the head on that last analysis- and so we have to pay kudos to McDaniels for that "wildhorse" trick. He knew he only had to whip it out for one series to make BB guard against it for the rest of the game. This makes a lot of sense to me now.
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Re: Reiss ,Tedy break down of titans and bucs game
I love that Tedy, Rodney, and Big Willie are in the media now.
We get to find out all sorts of things, like this, that we otherwise would have no clue about.
Re: Reiss ,Tedy break down of titans and bucs game
One of the things you will consistently hear his former players say is that Bill is a straight shooter, never a bull****ter, and you always know where you stand with him if you're being honest with yourself. That would lead me to believe whatever the issue was or issues were Bill took it up with AD sometime prior to deactivating him. Bill will never reveal what it was, and AD seems intent on pretending he was blindsided.
We know he missed some practices when there was no injury so perhaps a personal or business issue arose (including potentially the union) that he felt as a vet he could tend to and Bill wasn't really down with that. Or he's called him out more than once in private or in meetings and the player didn't respond (or maybe attempted to shift blame for his performance onto the system as he did with the media or maybe let it be known within the locker room he thought BB was FOS...).
One of the other things Bill disliked about the way his mentor operated was the different rules for different talents. They exist to some extent almost everywhere else. Bill treats situations individually but not players differently. Nobody is above discipline here, least of all his talents and his leaders. He'd bench Brady (as if Tom would ever give him reason to...). AD did or didn't do something or said something that warranted his sitting, whatever that may be.
Re: Reiss ,Tedy break down of titans and bucs game
I like BB's management style as related by Tedy. Gutsy and direct. As a manager in high tech I can say that some people after you've called them in your office more than once for a direct confrontation on performance problems, still exhibit 'shock' to their peers when the inevitable happens. Moreso for the presumed superstars; they cannot comprehend that someone has any issue whatsoever with them. People are people.
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I'm also excited to watch BenJarvus Green-Ellis, as I think he's a player fans can get excited about. He goes downhill and runs straight ahead. That approach is always respected in football circles.
I guess that's Bru-Speak for "JAG, the kind of guy you can find on the street mid-season for peanuts"
I think this is my fave quote from Tedy:
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I just don't think there is a team that wants to play the Patriots right now after the performance they had last week. Bill Belichick isn't the type to rest on his laurels. He pushes the pedal to the floor. He'll want to continue the development of the offense and defense this week. Development for him means production and decisive victories.
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Reiss, Tedy break down Titans and Bucs games
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