considering BB doesnt allow his assistants to speak, this is a good indicator that he trusts reiss more than any other media member(i havent checked most of the herald pieces so maybe he did talk to all the media members)
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2006/12/25/crown_princes/
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2006/12/25/crown_princes/
"Obviously, we change [gameplans] from week to week, but this week it seemed like we changed a little bit more," said offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. "One of the things we wanted to do was keep them off balance, and just never let them feel comfortable about what we were doing. We wanted to mix up the personnel groupings and send people in and out of the game and try to get a lot of people touching the ball."