A Scene From A Bill Belichick Press Conference

Getting injury information out of Bill Belichick is like pulling teeth. Today was especially excruciating.

Here's the back-and-forth at the start of this afternoon's press conference. The fun starts at the 1:38 mark of the video here:

Q: How close was Rob Gronkowski to playing yesterday? BB: I don’t know. He was inactive. Q: Did he have a shot to play? BB: He was inactive. Q: Going into the day, was there a chance he’d play? BB: He was inactive for the game. Q: What about Danny Amendola?BB: He was inactive too. Q: I know they were inactive. BB: They were inactive so they didn’t play. Q: I think you have an idea how close they were. BB: Well, they weren’t able to play. What do you want, percentage points? They couldn’t play. Q: Going into the day, did you know they couldn’t play? BB: They were inactive. Q: That doesn’t answer my question. BB: They were inactive, it’s as simple as that.

Enlightening.