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July 30, 2007

Veteran James gaining respect

More on Belichick's early impressions of veteran cornerback Tory James:

Journal photo/Bob Breidenbach
Patriots running back #44 Heath Evans pals around with #28 Tory James after a play

``We played against Tory when he was at Cincinnati, Oakland. We’ve gone up against him a number of times. Our system, I think, is a little bit different definitely then what they played in Cincinnati last year - they’re much more of a blitz zone team – but I think he’s done well. He’s a smart guy, he’s very professional, he’s well prepared, he’s on top of it, and I think he’s earning the respect of everybody by the way he goes about things. (He’s) a tall guy, got some cover skills, has some speed. Sort of a hard guy to throw the ball over for the quarterbacks in cover two and things like that when he’s out there in the flat and in the short area. He’s a bigger guy to get the ball over.’’

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