Last modified: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:19 AM EDT Tom Brady smiles as he looks at a photo of his locker on a screen behind him before he begins his media availability. Brady, who likes to meet with the media in front of his locker, seems to enjoy the sentiment. Belichick makes giants out of Titans BY MARK FARINELLA SUN CHRONICLE STAFF FOXBORO - When he was the head coach of the Patriots, Bill Parcells had a favorite way of assessing how a team should be regarded. "You are what your record says you are," the Tuna would say. There was little room for teams being regarded as "the best 0-5 team in the league" under that premise. Bill Belichick, however, has been known to talk up the opposition in his weekly press conferences, regardless of what their record might be. Hence, the Tennessee Titans - now 0-5 after having finished with the best regular-season record in the NFL last season - are latter-day descendants of the 1972 Miami Dolphins. "This is a real good football team," Belichick said. "They're a very experienced team, well-coached, tough, physical team. They do a great job running the ball. They do a great job defending the run. They cover kicks good skill players, good pass rushers, a real good front, so you can see why they won a lot of games last year." Belichick is also one to dismiss the performances of teams of the past (especially his own) - except when it serves his purpose to illustrate an upcoming foe as a Monster of the Midway, and not the stumblers in the AFC South. Asked by a reporter why an 0-5 team should be regarded with more respect than the record would seem to warrant, Belichick was quite specific. "They lost by a field goal against Pittsburgh," he said. "They lost by a field goal against the Texans. It's 14-9 against Indianapolis with a minute to go at the half. They're playing without some of their best players. They lost a tight game against the Jets, fumbled a couple punts a couple plays here and there, like we've all seen. "Everybody's been down that road before, but they're tough, they do a lot of things well. They're going to win their share of games, don't worry," he said. Belichick went on to address other issues, including the signing of Junior Seau, but when a broadcast reporter tried to direct him back to the Titans' problems by asking how he would prevent his team from taking the visitors (4:15 p.m.; Ch. 4, 12) lightly because of their record, the coach said, "I would just turn on the projector. That's all I would do is just turn on the projector. "I think anybody that would say that about the Titans obviously hasn't seen them play," he added. "I don't know how you could watch them on film and possibly think that unless you were sleeping while the film was rolling. I don't know how you could possibly think that." Home away from home Tom Brady generally prefers to conduct his press conferences at his locker instead of in the media workroom because he does not like to set himself apart from the team. But complaints from his abutting teammate, Randy Moss, prompted Brady to return to the workroom under protest. Wednesday, the media relations staff made the quarterback feel a little more at home by projecting a photo of his locker on the advertising backdrop that stands behind the press room podium. "It's about time," Brady said. "Now we're both satisfied." Brits in the house A contingent of British reporters was present as a precursor to the Patriots' trip to Wembley Stadium in two weeks to play the Tampa Bay Buccanners. Belichick politely dismissed most of their queries about the upcoming game, predictably saying that his focus was solely upon the Titans. But one of the scribes was not to be deterred, asking Belichick if he liked fish and chips. "Yeah, sure absolutely," Belichick said, forcing a smile. "I've been to London a couple times. It's great." Quick kicks Terdell Sands was the individual released by the Patriots to make room for Seau. After seeing significant time two weeks ago, the big defensive tackle was inactive for the Denver game Matt Light (knee), Ty Warren (calf) and Fred Taylor (ankle) did not practice Wednesday, while Randy Moss sat out for non-football reasons. In the "limited participation" category were Jarvis Green (knee), Nick Kaczur (ankle), Jerod Mayo (knee), James Sanders (shoulder), Shawn Springs (knee), Benjamin Watson (concussion), Wes Welker (knee) and Vince Wilfork (ankle), while Brady's right shoulder didn't hinder him in practice.