Maroney puts snow tires on</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <span class="articleBegin">F</span>OXBORO - Given that he played in a dome while at the University of Minnesota, Laurence Maroney’s claim that he has never run in snow before shouldn’t have been surprising. He has walked in it plenty of times, but has never carried a football during a game.</p> So Thursday’s practice in snowy conditions at Gillette Stadium may have provided the second-year back with some much needed preparation for tomorrow’s game, where snow remains in the forecast.</p> “It was great, it was cool,” Maroney said yesterday. “I played in the rain, but never played in the snow. . . . (The important thing is) to try and keep your feet up under you so you don’t slip and fall . . . it was a good thing for us (to learn).”</p> Maroney said he found that wearing longer-studded cleats gave him better traction. He also said running in the snow calls for a completely different approach.</p> “Your running style totally has to change,” he said. “It has to be straight downhill because making too many cuts is not going to be good for you.”</p> </div></p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> Belichick not budging</p> Bill Belichick told NBCSports.com yesterday the Jets weren’t given permission to post a second camera in the end zone during last year’s playoff game between the clubs, even though earlier in the week Eric Mangini insisted just the opposite to be true.</p> “I was never asked permission nor was anyone in our video department asked for permission for a second end zone camera,” Belichick said.</p> During last year’s playoffs, it was reported the Patriots removed a Jets employee from a walkway overlooking the Gillette Stadium end zone.</p> “We had asked for permission, it was granted, then that changed and we respect their decision,” Mangini had said Wednesday.</p> League spokesman Greg Aiello had indicated Wednesday the Jets did not break any rules.</p> Asked Friday about Belichick’s claims, Jets spokesman Bruce Speight told NBCSports.com: “We stand by our earlier comments that we received approval from the Patriots. We will just have to agree to disagree.”</p> </div></p>
