Asked about evaluating a player who becomes available midseason, Belichick said teams usually have an inkling that it might happen.
"Most of the time you have a little bit of a lead-in on that if you're paying attention to things that are going on," he said. "There's a lot of players that could be available out there, but if it's a situation where you have a need at a certain position or it's a fit,
Jerseys Wholesale, then you're more interested and more apt to do something. ... But it's more sometimes about timing than it is about the player."