FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- "Playoff Bill" is back.
You might remember him from 12 of the past 14 years when the calendar turned to January, the stakes were raised, and he locked in with a laser-like focus that made it clear to everyone things were different. Mainly, it’s all business and nothing from the past matters, so you might as well hold off asking about anything about the regular season that just concluded, or the value of postseason experience.
Playoff Bill, a.k.a. Bill Belichick, held his lone news conference of the New England Patriots’ bye week on Thursday morning and it was edgy and entertaining at the same time.