Watch: Patriots’ Bill Belichick Leaves Press Conference After Several Questions About Antonio Brown
Head coach Bill Belichick has had enough with the Antonio Brown thing. He doesn’t really talk about problems, and always choses his words wisely. That’s exactly what happened during his last press conference. He ended it when reporters started too many questions about the superstar wide receiver.
“I know there are questions about Antonio. We take all the situations with our team very seriously and there are some things that we are looking into,” Belichick said at the start of the press conference. “But I’m not going to comment on any of the off-the-field situations or questions on that. Anything on football, I could answer.”
But, take a look at the questions he received.
“As far as your work with Antonio in football, do the off-field allegations, accusations complicate your ability to coach him, your feelings about him personally?”
“Can you talk about Antonio’s roll this weekend?”
“How do you weigh with your players their performance on the field with their behavior off the field and what’s best for the team overall?”
“How important is the behavior off the field?”
“Do you expect to have Antonio available to you on Sunday?”
“Another headline today focusing on Antonio Brown. Does any of this at all affect his status with the team?”
Reporters got sort of frustrated.
“I wouldn’t be doing my job if I don’t keep asking about the topic that gets the most attention!!!”
Belichick wasn’t the only person to avoid questions about Brown. Judge felt the same way.
“I think that’s a better question for coach Belichick,” said Judge, who also coordinates New England’s special teams. “I appreciate the question, and I understand where you’re coming from with it. I think as a position coach, an assistant coach and a coordinator, my job is to focus more on the football and get everybody ready to play.
“When you’re talking ball and you’re with him, he loves it,” Judge said. “He’s very engaged. He’s very energetic. He brings a great new perspective to a lot of things we’ve done from his experience elsewhere, and he’s been fun to work with and learn from.”