FOXBORO — Bill Belichick poked a little fun at himself but also shed a little light on what makes Randy Moss an exceptional receiver on Friday, giving fascinating insight into one of the best wideouts in NFL history.

“I think you can get a bunch of people in the room and some people…if the TV’s busted, some people can walk in there and fix it,” Belichick said. “I look at it, all I see is wires — TV, VCR, Sirius radio, whatever it is. It all looks the same to me. It’s just a bunch of wires. If I hit the button and it doesn’t turn on, that’s it.

“There’s other people that come in there and ‘boom, boom, boom,’ everything works. Some people have the capacity to see some things. Some people have trouble with math, some people have trouble with the English language — I have trouble with both of them. They’re all different strengths and weaknesses. You coach players (and) some guys see things, they see everything. Some guys, they see nothing.”

Belichick expounded, saying that Moss is the smartest receiver he’s ever been around, and knows not just where he’s supposed to be on every play, but also where all of his teammates are supposed to be and what the defense is going to do.

His ability to see and anticipate are traits Moss shares with two other outstanding players Belichick has coached — Tom Brady and Lawrence Taylor.

“Lawrence Taylor knew what every player on the field was doing…It’s just easy for them; it’s just natural. Some players have a great capacity for it, other guys — you tell them to key one guy, they come off (the field) after the play and you say, ‘What did that guy do?’ ‘Oh, I didn’t see him.’ Well,” here he feigns exasperation. “Some guys see it, some guys… Brady, I mean from Day One, you ask what happened after a play and he’d tell you eight things that happened. You go back and watch the film and there are the eight things that he said happened, and that’s what happened on the play. You can see every one of them.

“Lawrence would go out there, come in after the series and say, ‘Coach, they’re not blocking it the way you said they were going to block it; here’s what they’re doing.’ You can look at the film and see he’s right. You could never get that from the sideline.”

That unteachable quality is what makes Moss, Brady and Taylor special.

“They just have a sixth, seventh sense,” Belichick said.

For the right price . . .

In a one-on-one interview with Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports this week, Belichick spoke about trading Richard Seymour to Oakland, and how nearly any player could be dealt, provided the price is right.

“We had been talking to (the Raiders) for a number of weeks. Not necessarily about Richard, but about other things like the (Derrick) Burgess trade. That trade was going around since last spring,” Belichick said. “There were a number of players thrown around. I would say it was probably 24 to 48 hours with Seymour. They brought it up. … Again, who’s available on your team? Really, probably everybody is available at the right price.”

Cole responded by asking if Brady could be had if six first-round picks were offered.

“Each guy’s price is different,” Belichick said. “If a team asks, you see what the price is. Now, is Jerod Mayo available? No, not really. But there are certain players who are young that have a certain number of years left on their contract that you want on your team, so you’re really not going to trade them. Those guys are realistically not available. no. But is everybody else available for a certain price on every team? I would say, for the most part, they probably are. Who’s willing to give that? What you want and what someone else is willing to give, that’s usually very different. In this case (the Seymour trade), it worked.

Oakland gave New England its first-round pick in 2011 for five-time Pro Bowl selection Seymour.

Injury report

The Patriots declared five players out for Sunday’s game against Miami — Julian Edelman (forearm), Jarvis Green (knee), Matt Light (knee), Sammy Morris (knee) and Fred Taylor (ankle). None of them took part in practice this week.

Jonathan Wilhite (illness) also did not take part in any of this week’s practices, but he is listed as questionable along with Benjamin Watson (back) and Ty Warren (ankle).

Brady (right shoulder) and Moss (shoulder) are listed as probable.

For the Dolphins, two defensive starters are doubtful: LB Channing Crowder (shoulder) and NT Jason Ferguson (elbow).

Simmons is cut

New England released veteran guard Kendall Simmons on Friday. The 30-year old former first-round pick, who spent the first seven years of his career as a mainstay of Pittsburgh’s offensive line but missed much of last season after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon, was signed to a three-year deal just before the start of the regular season but had been active for only one game.

Belichick said the team must fill the open spot on its 53-man roster. On Friday, practice-squad defensive back Kyle Arrington told ESPNBoston.com that he will be getting the promotion.