After Sunday’s victory, quarterback Matt Cassel noted that Tom Brady helped him in his preparations for his first career NFL start, which included taking part in the team's Saturday quarterback meeting.

That leads to the question: Might Brady mentor Cassel throughout the season?

Bill Belichick was asked the question during his Tuesday conference call with reporters.

"I think that will be true to some degree; we don’t have a specific schedule on it or anything like that," Belichick said. "Right now the priority for Tom is to rehab and do everything he can to get back to 100 percent, and that’s a long process. That will be the priority for him. When that’s taken care of, and depending how the schedule falls and so forth, Tom has always been great about helping other players and being part of the team, or whatever we’re doing.