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In the Starting Line-Up
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Informative piece with some interesting quotes from BB and Pioli: Spread it around
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"When you have the top-paid players at several positions, that takes away from what you can do with that," Belichick said. "You can't have the same kind of quality in that mid-level range. You have to balance it off."
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"What we want to try to do is maximize each spot on the roster; we want to be stronger at No. 1 than the opponent, stronger at No. 25 than they are, and stronger at No. 53 than they are," Belichick said. "We're always looking to upgrade the talent level on the team, and play together to be functional.
"It's not just tennis -- No. 1 against No. 1. It's the whole compilation. Somebody can have better 1-2-3 players, but their 11 [on the field] might not be better than the combined performance of someone else's 11."