Belichick responds to opponent criticism of Patriots call play

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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has addressed Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Vance Joseph’s public criticism of the Patriots’ offensive call ahead of their upcoming Monday Night Football game. during week 14.

I can’t think of any attacking coach I’ve ever spoken to who is in favor of handing the ball over,” Belichick told MassLive.com, after admitting he didn’t hear what Joseph said and received more clarification from a reporter. “So let’s start with that. Every coach involved in the offense is always in favor of scoring points. So score points and don’t turn the ball over, I mean, that’s a good starting point. Then there are a lot of things that come after. In the end, I mean I doubt you can tell me what the possession time record is this year in the league, right? Like, you couldn’t tell me, these teams had X times of possession, they won, they lost. It’s not really a turnover, points, it’s the top two on the list.

Joseph described New England’s passing offense as “very conservative” and said “it’s like a defensive guy calling the offense” with longtime former Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia , who now serves as the team’s offensive playmaker.

I see an offense that handles the ball well. It’s a very conservative passing game,” Joseph said Thursday (December 8) via MassLive.com. “Lots of screens. All kinds of screens. It’s like a guy on the defensive calling the offense, laughs Joseph. That’s what a defensive guy would call offensive plays, isn’t it? Let’s not turn the ball over. Let’s take four meters per game and try to burn the clock. That’s what they do. That’s what he’s going to do on Monday night.”

He will be patient. Might take a pic here once in a while, but for the most part its running game, fast game and screens. So I mean, he’s a defensive guy. That’s what he does. He calls the same way a defensive guy would call plays.

The Patriots currently rank 24th among all NFL teams in total offense (318.9 yards per game) and 20th in passing offense (214.0 passing yards per game).

New England is also coming off back-to-back losses to the Minnesota Vikings (33-26) and Buffalo Bills (24-10).

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