‘“You’ve got to defend him on every play, and in the running game, that always takes one less guy away from the running game when you have a player like him who you have to concern yourselves that he’ll keep the ball or bootleg it or that type of play,” Belichick said. “Schematically, it takes away a player that you would normally have to defend the running game. It’s just one less guy, so his presence, not only when he has the ball but even when he doesn’t have the ball, it affects you. He’s a hard guy to handle, a very good football player.”’