Thanks to the Patriots’ PR staff, here’s the complete transcript of Bill Belichick’s Q&A with the media Friday at Gillette Stadium:
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FOXBORO  –  Aside from fact that all three players carry certain Hall of Fame credentials with them, Bill Belichick sees a common thread between Tom Brady, Randy Moss and his former perennial Pro Bowl linebacker Lawrence Taylor.

That thread is being able to not only play the game but read the game at lightning fast speeds.

“That’s what make them special,” said the man who has coached all three. “That’s what makes Tom Brady, Tom Brady. It makes Randy Moss, Randy Moss and it made Lawrence Taylor, Lawrence Taylor. Those guys just have that sixth, seventh sense.

And it’s that sixth or seventh sense that Belichick and Patriots fans have grown accustomed to over the last decade when No. 12 steps on the field. Belichick reminded everyone on Friday just how rare this quality is.

“It’s like Brady, you see a guy coming at him from the back side, you say, ‘He doesn’t see him coming. Look out! He’ going to get hit.’  And he either ducks or throws the ball before the guy gets there.”

Belichick said, just as in real life, certain people have the skill set to process a lot of information. One bit of advice, don’t ever ask Belichick to fix your TV.

“Look, you get a bunch of people in a room. The TV’s busted, some people can walk in there and fix it. I look at it, all I see is wires, TV, VCR, Sirius radio. Whatever it is, it all looks the same to me. When I hit the button, and it doesn’t turn on, that’s it,” Belichick said of his not-so handyman skill set.

“There’s other people that come in here and bip, bip, bip, and everything works. The computer works, the TV works, the VCR works, the VHS works, everything’s perfect. Some people have a capacity to see some things. Some people have trouble with math, some people have trouble with the English language. I have trouble with both of them.”

And how does this relate to his job as an NFL head coach?

“There’s all different strengths and weaknesses,” Belichick explained. “You coach players [and] some guys see everything and some guys see nothing.”

Former Patriots and Jets cornerback Ty Law is returning to the NFL. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the former Pro Bowl corner agreed in terms on Friday with the Denver Broncos.

Law also joined the Jets last year in November and helped cover Randy Moss in New York’s OT win against the Patriots.

Law, who turns 36 in February, was expected to fly to Denver on Friday for a physical and sign with the Broncos upon a successful exam.

Law would join a secondary that already includes Pro Bowlers Champ Bailey and Brian Dawkins.

Law began his career in 1995 with the Patriots, playing in four Super Bowls and was a starting corner on all three Super Bowl winners in New England.

Patriots tight end Ben Watson made his weekly appearance on the D&C Show this morning to preview the Patriots-Dolphins game this week and share his thoughts on Dolphins’ linebackers Joey Porter and Jason Taylor.

Click here for the full audio and read below for some highlights.

Tom [Brady] told us on Monday that he used the bye week to get mentally refreshed. I’m guessing that seeing your name on the limited list with an injury report with a back you used the bye week to get physically better off. Fair to say?

Yeah, both- physically, mentally. Coming at the middle of the season was really good for a lot of people. Myself included getting a chance to get away from football and like you said work on the bumps and bruises that you had.

Tom saw you one-on-one with a Tampa Bay linebacker and they executed a perfectly thrown touchdown pass and run that was his highlight of the game. Did you realize it the same time Tom did?

Probably so. You never know exactly how the play is going to unfold, but a lot of times when a team give you certain coverage and when they walk a linebacker out there, I knew I had to beat him and Tom would be looking because there was no safety help or anything like that. There are some times when you line up on plays and you know that you’ll be the number one read

Do you ever feel compelled to saw “Hey, are you seeing what I’m seeing, Tom?”

Yeah, that’s why you come back to the huddle some times and say, “If you run that play again look my way out, I’m open.” But, he has so stuff much to read. I mean, he got five receivers going out there plus a running back some times. He’s got to worry about the rush got to worry about the safeties rotating and stuff. As a receiver and as a tight end you just run your route and try to get open. Most of the times he finds you, but if he doesn’t it’s not like you are the only one running routes.

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Peter King of SI.com and NBC joined Dale and Holley Friday afternoon to talk about both the NFL and the Patriots’ upcoming game against the Dolphins. (To listen to the audio click here).

(Transcript courtesy Dan Rowinski)

Which organization is the biggest mess right now, Cleveland or Oakland?

Oakland is a perennial mess but Cleveland is catching them right now.  I talked to Randy Lerner yesterday, at some length, the owner of the Browns and it is fairly startling what is going on with that team right now.

Here is a way to do the math. I mean, imagine this, you’ve got a coach who you fire, Romeo Crennel, who you owe three-years and $3 million dollars to. You’ve got a general manager who you fire, Phil Savage, who you still owe four-years and about $12-million dollars. You’ve got an offensive coordinator, Rob Chudzinski who months earlier you just re-upped for $2 million dollars a year, extend him for three years. So, now, he is an assistant out in San Diego but you still owe him, minimum like $4.5 million over the next few years because an assistant might make $400 [thousand], he’s not going to make much more than that. So, the guys that he just fired, and there are some less money too on some other coaches, we are not even talking about George Kokinis now, but the guys you fired the last time you owe $25 million dollars to. And then, George Kokinis leaves, five-years about $1 million a year, you are going to fight him somewhere, in front of a court or an arbitrator to see if you have to pay him off, he’s gone after eight games. I get the feeling right now, just talking to people around Cleveland that the reason that Randy Lerner is bringing in somebody, he wants to bring in a new guy to sort of be the titular head of the organization right now and lord over the football side, that guy is going to decide whether Eric Mangini stays or goes. Say Mangini goes, that is another three-years and $9 million. You go to work for Cleveland, you might not be there long but you might win the lottery.

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