New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was asked this morning about the availability of defensive end Aaron Schobel.

"Nick [Caserio] and the personnel staff look at all the players out there," Belichick said. "Any player that is not on the roster, we have evaluated and he has some kind of status with us, whatever the category, and there are a number of categories. That's what the personnel staff does: they look at all the players. The ones that are on other teams, we keep track of them and the ones that aren’t on any team, we keep track of them."

What would Schobel bring to his new team?

"I’m sure he, depending on what his situation is, would have some value to different teams," Belichick said. "But again, that’s all relative to a lot of other circumstances and that would vary from team to team, so I can’t speak for other teams."

I will be stunned if Schobel signs with anyone other than the Houston Texans.

Full Belichick transcript can be read at WEEI.com's "It Is What It Is" blog.