Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork, freshly signed to a long-term deal, conducted a conference call on Wednesday with the media. Ian Rapoport of the Boston Herald attended, and he has transcribed the part where Wilfork talks about doing whatever needs to be done to win.
Pats fans, enjoy.
“As players, we’re going to have to start in the offseason training, and basically, everybody is going to have to be accountable,” Wilfork said. “If you’re on the field, you have to give me 100. You have to give me 100 percent. Always. We have to weed out the bad seeds, point blank. If you can’t give me what I’m giving you on the field, I don’t need you on the field with me. Point blank. That’s how you win.”
We’re not sure whether Wilfork is talking about any specific player, but given that one of the more notorious players on the team was perceived to be dogging it in 2009 and recently claimed that the Patriots don’t pay anyone, we’ve got a feeling that Wilfork might have one or two guys in mind.
Thanks coach Wilfork
hopefully wilfork will run moss out of town, so he can come home to Minny
You’re barking up the wrong tree, Florio. He’s talking about Derrick Burgess and Adalius Thomas, for starters.
Randy Moss?
I think he’s talking about Adalius Thomas.
Wow Wilfork maybe you should look at your own stats, 7.5 stats and 1 fumble in 3 years. Great job.LOLOLOLOL
Nice speculation except for the fact that he specifically listed Moss – along with Brady – as one of the leaders on the team.
Er, Mike? Except he goes on to cite Randy as one of the respected leaders of the team.
He left Minny five years ago Mike. Time to let go.
hes talking about moss…..he halfass jose’s everything
Easy for Wilfork to say now that he “got his”…….I wonder what tune he would be singing if the Pat’s wouldn’t have just given him the big new contract.
Adalius Thomas
He’s a 2-gap nose tackle, they typically don’t get a lot of sacks
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# watson says: March 10, 2010 12:18 PM
Wow Wilfork maybe you should look at your own stats, 7.5 stats and 1 fumble in 3 years. Great job.LOLOLOLOL
I cant believe he called out Brady and wes Welker like that
Hate the Pats, but thats what i call a true players player! Get’em Wilfork!!
watson says:
March 10, 2010 12:18 PM
Wow Wilfork maybe you should look at your own stats, 7.5 stats and 1 fumble in 3 years. Great job.LOLOLOLOL
I think he’s talking about Cindy Brady
wow, very insightful.
what an idiot…
I’m so angry that the Patriots were wise enough to keep him. Wilfork would have been a great help for the Dolphins.
But it’s the Patriots, so yeah…
“Wow Wilfork maybe you should look at your own stats, 7.5 stats and 1 fumble in 3 years. Great job.LOLOLOLOL”
You have no clue what a 3-4 NT’s role is do you?
watson says:
March 10, 2010 12:18 PM
“Wow Wilfork maybe you should look at your own stats, 7.5 stats and 1 fumble in 3 years. Great job.LOLOLOLOL”
Learn the game…
He’s a nose tackle. He’s not likely to have 10-12 sacks per year. His job is to clog the middle, stop the run and occupy 2 offensive lineman. LOLOLOLOLOL. Whatever.
He’s certainly not talking about Randy Moss or Derrick Burgess.
I wonder if he is referring to the Randy Moss, Adalius Thomas, and the Video Guy
He’s got to be talking about Adalius Thomas. Although Moss appeared to be dogging it, post season info revealed an injury.
I love that Vince has taken this leadership role because someone on that D needs to. Bad seeds do need to go and they need to get back to being a stingy D.
watson says:
March 10, 2010 12:18 PM
Wow Wilfork maybe you should look at your own stats, 7.5 stats and 1 fumble in 3 years. Great job.LOLOLOLOL
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Please find me a 3-4 Nose Tackle that piles up big stats?
Hopefully Bill Belichick is giving 100% in the cheating dept. as well. You know Vince when he wires microphones to your shoulder pads.
Bring the pain Big Vince
@ Watson
You’re showing a total lack of football knowledge with your comments. By 7.5 “stats” I’m assuming you mean “sacks” First of all he has 7.5 sacks in his career, only 4 in the past 3 years.
Casey Hampton has 4 in the past 3 years
Jamal Williams has 1.5 in the past 3 years
Aubrayo Franklin has 3 in the past 3 years
All of these guys are regarded as some of the best NT’s in the league. NT’s aren’t there for stats, they’re there to stuff the run and clog the lanes for the LB’s to run free
Hahaaaa I love how we all ragged on this Watson guy because he made that comment. That is why I love this site.
He probably got more sacks for him while he was playing Madden though…hah
What a typical Patsie douche. Isn’t this the same clown who was pissing and moaning about being underappreciated and not showing up for activities until he got a new contract? Now that he “has his”, he’s now the team spokeman on knowing what it takes to be a Patsie.
Too bad this team is headed for sucksville.
“A lot of guys are not used to seeing young leaders,” he said. “All the leaders we had was older guys. Rodney, (Richard) Seymour, Bruschi, Vrabel. You name it, they were older guys not here anymore. But now you’re starting to see younger guys becoming leaders earlier. It don’t take seven, eight, nine years now to be a leader. We’re a young ballclub. But guess what? These young players we have — (Jerod) Mayo, (Brandon) Meriweather, Ty (Warren), myself, got Tom (Brady), got Randy (Moss). You have guys in this locker room that knows what it takes to win. You just gotta trust it. And we as players and as the leaders of our team. We got to ask more of ourselves and of each other. Coaches coach, players play. … We all got to be on the same page.”
I think you may have missed this, Mike.
“G MACK says:
March 10, 2010 12:19 PM
hes talking about moss…..he halfass jose’s everything”
Moss isnt on the field with Vince. D’oh. He’d be talking about Adalius Thomas, point blank.
watson is going to call out wilfork for doing a “great job” after checking out his statistics over the last three years? unfortunately, he should’ve checked his spelling, too. does this guy even know what a nose tackle is?
Vince, you gonna poke them in the eye if they’re not giving 100%?
7.5 stats? Can you name them? What’s a half stat?
BTW- Vince Wilfork has no business carrying the football.. No wonder he fumbled. I agree with you on that one.
This is the type of leadership we need from Vince. Now that he has the contract, it is time for him to take over the locker room. Since Burgess isn;t under contract and it is pretty clear that he is talking a defensive player (let it go, Florio), I hope Adalius is on notice. Play or retire, but we own your sorry rights.
And everyone has done a good job of calling out Watson on not knowing what role a NT fills in a 3-4 scheme, but I just gotta say – wow, what an idiot!
Not very brilliant there my dear watson…
If you’re into stats go watch baseball.
i think he’s talking about Lawrence Maroney
Did you really waste time to look up his numbers? He is a 3-4 Nose Tackle you moron, what numbers are you expecting? Do you even watch football? You already proved you’ve never played the game. Do you think his big ass is supposed to chase the QB around or something? LOL what a dope, you have no clue about the wonderful game of football do you?
randy moss was dogging it so much that he played (at a pretty high level) most of the season with a separated shoulder that required offseason surgery. most likely vince is aiming more at some of the younger guys who need to step it up, especially on d
He is talking about Adalius, you dumbasses, not the guy who led the league in TDs this year.
Florio, cut the shit with Moss. You selectively edited the interview to make it seem like Moss was bitching when he wasn’t. I know you want page views and making up controversy will get that (and got me), but stop it already. Its borderline obsessive at this point.
Second post today where you left out parts of quotes, only to ‘speculate’ on things that were refuted in the portions you left out in an attempt to fabricate news.
I play when I want to play
Just another overrated player with a big mouth on an overrated team. It must hurt that the Jets are the class of the division now. Hell, if the Fins can get a few DBs, they’ll be above you, too. In the meantime, have another hamburger, Vince.
He should be talking about himself. He’s overweight and looked overmatched against the Ravens in the playoffs. Adalius may be the scapegoat – but NE’s D is bottom tier, and Wilfork will be a bust for that money.
Funny how things change when you have money in the bank.
However good job Vince.
I think he was talking about Kevin Garnett, actually.
pats are on the way down. Everyone has figured them out.
Yeah…you’re not very smart.
watson says:
“Wow Wilfork maybe you should look at your own stats, 7.5 stats and 1 fumble in 3 years. Great job.LOLOLOLOL”
# Katmanduu says: March 10, 2010 12:35 PM
What a typical Patsie douche. Isn’t this the same clown who was pissing and moaning about being underappreciated and not showing up for activities until he got a new contract? Now that he “has his”, he’s now the team spokeman on knowing what it takes to be a Patsie.
Too bad this team is headed for sucksville.
Vince never held out and participated in activities etc. and stated that he intended to honor his contract no matter what. He did say he felt undervalued, and that he deserved better than the franchise tag, and he was correct. He was patient and got what he deserved. Get your facts straight before commenting on a team you don’t follow. Big Vince has always been a locker room leader and I am very glad that he is taking a stand.
Read the rest of the interview, its worth it.
he changed his tune pretty quickly after he got that new contract. point blank.
hey WATSON name me a team that plays a 3-4 defense that wouldn’t welcome wilfork with open arms? and i hate the cheatriots but talent is talent and wilfork has plenty
LOL at all the ripping of watson and his wilfork comment! what the hell is 7.5 stats anyway? lol
Ever since Florio got paid by NBC he shoots his mouth off about Randy Moss.
I read the title and Wilfork’s (partial) quote and was thinking about Adalius Thomas the entire time, then Florio throws out his Freeman card (again, for the comments hits) – then to find out that any half-assing slappy who can read would have known that Wilfork specifically cited Moss as someone who does lead…?
But that said, I agree who the other guy who said Wilfork should not be carrying the ball, but only one fumble in three years isn’t too bad. The half stat Wilfork had was for the knee shot to Losman, who was only half a QB.
Hello ……Watson are you there……Watson……
I really can’t believe PFT seems to hate Randy Moss so much. Did he break your heart when he left the Vikings years ago?
The most talented WR ever to get over 100 TDs in his career and a random blog trashes him. Sad.
I completely agree with Wilfork though. Some people need to stop going through the motions.
Every single player needs an attitude like that. Randy (I play when I want to play) Moss needs Wilfork to pile drive him into the ground. These damn greedy, crybaby, “need” more money players need to understand that it is a PRIVILEGE not a right to play in the NFL. I am hoping for a lockout season to teach these crybabies a lesson. The only way to make people learn is to hit them where it counts, their wallets.
watson says:
March 10, 2010 12:18 PM
Wow Wilfork maybe you should look at your own stats, 7.5 stats and 1 fumble in 3 years. Great job.LOLOLOLOL
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seriously? a NT in a 3-4? Seriously?
have you ever played football before?
is what Florio does even ethical?
# Schwankdaddy says: March 10, 2010 1:03 PM
He should be talking about himself. He’s overweight and looked overmatched against the Ravens in the playoffs. Adalius may be the scapegoat – but NE’s D is bottom tier, and Wilfork will be a bust for that money.
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New Englands defense was 5th in the League last year in Points Against. Not bad for “bottom tier”…..
I can appreciate a comment in favor, or against any team/coach/player etc, that is the best part of this website, but dont make such a stupid statement. That comment was sooo dumb, that Watson thinks it was stupid, LMFAO
I would have to say that being the 5th best in points allowed, considering they could rusher the passer to save their lives, was pretty impressive. It is only going to get better if they get some pass rushers….just saying
Well I think we have a new term here on PFT. For any idiotic comment we shall now deem it a ‘Watson’.
DoctorK when the Jets actually take the division from the Pats then they are the class. Hasn’t happened yet.
The Jets D is mighty scary, I’ll give you that, but let’s see how this actually shakes out. Everyone thought the Phins had the division dominance but they took a step back. The division got much better in the last two seasons which is a good thing…
“Chilly, I’ll be in Mankato for training camp, if you can get me Moss!” (Behind the scenes,
during Chilly’s recent visit to the Favre homestead in Mississippi.) It would be awesome to hear a secret recording of those recent conversations! http://www.hubdub.com/m64781 “And LaDainian Tomlinson too”.
Jesus, Borio, get off Moss’ nuts. You’ve been wrong about him every single. time Get over it. I’ll bet he’s talking about Thomas.
it puts the lotion on the skin,
GREAT username!!!! Love the Joe Dirt reference!!
I second the suggestion that all future idiotic comments be termed “a Watson”!!