11/15/06
Tom Brady Press Conference - 11/15/2006
Tom Brady addresses the media during his press conference at Gillette Stadium.
Q: What are your thoughts on the new FieldTurf and the signing of Vinny Testaverde?
TB: It’s been fun to have him here, even in the last day or two. It seems like, if you see him, he’s still a very impressive guy. He’s still in great shape. I hope I look like that when I’m 43. I’ll probably be in a wheelchair. He’s a really nice guy. He has a bunch of familiarity with this offense. It will be nice to have another guy around, especially one with his experience to bring some leadership and a lot of what this team needs. On the field, I don’t care. I really don’t. Whatever we play on, it doesn’t matter to me.
Q: Tom, are you struggling because you’re hurt?
TB: I’m not hurt at all. I think it’s just up to all of us to play better. We’re 6-3 and at the top of our division. I just hope we play better. That’s what it comes down to. I’m not hurt at all.
Q: That shot by [Victor] Hobson the other day, the personal foul, that seemed to be pretty vicious.
TB: It’s a rough game. You play quarterback and you’re holding the ball and they want to come get you. I think I’m less sore this week than I have been the last two, though. I think that Minnesota game was tough. I took a few shots in that game. But, I feel pretty good this week, surprisingly.
Q: If you take a hit like that, is it because there’s a miscommunication?
TB: It’s all play-to-play with that. Sometimes you are responsible for it and sometimes there’s a mistake. Like I say, it’s part of playing. You’re standing there and you try to make the throws and go back out there the next series and make sure they don’t come clean on you.
Q: If you take a couple of those in a row, can it have a cumulative affect?
TB: If they hit you hard enough. It didn’t affect me, if that’s what you’re asking. I think I try to stand in there as best as I can and keep making the plays if I think I can make them.
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