Belichick speaks: Kareem Brown

May/14/07 11:52 AM Filed in: Kareem Brown
Q: Was Kareem Brown a guy that you got a look at while evaluating [Brandon] Meriweather?
BB: We evaluated all of the players at Miami.

Q: Was he a standout on his own?
BB: Yes, sure. He’s definitely a player that we thought was going to be drafted back in the fall. We started looking at tape. It was Brown. It was [Baraka] Atkins. [Jon] Beason. [Brandon] Meriweather. The guys on the offensive side of the ball. There were a number of players. You kind of look at all of them. When I was down there, I either saw them on tape or in person.

Q: Kareem said yesterday that he’s dropped a lot weight. Is that a good thing? Is he quicker?
BB: It’s true. I think we’ll have to see him out on the field. I don’t think it’s slowed him down. He’s reshaped his body a little bit in the last few months. I think he looks good.

Q: Is that a good sign that he dropped the weight before he got here?
BB: I think it started at the end of the season. It wasn’t something that just happened in February. It was something that was a couple of months along. You always like to see players in good condition. I know that in March when I was down there, that’s not midseason, but you want to see players in good condition and training and it’s clear that he’s been working hard and that was evident in the workouts as well.
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