It may be March — as Bill Belichick noted Tuesday. But the Patriots coach is already in midseason form.
During the AFC coaches breakfast at the annual NFL meetings in Phoenix this week, Belichick spoke to reporters for nearly 45 minutes. According to a count by The Athletic’s Jeff Howe, he took a total 116 questions.
However, substantive answers were few and far between.
“We’ll see,” Belichick said — a total of 21 times, according to Howe.
The breakfast Tuesday was hardly the first time that Belichick has been somewhat testy with reporters during the NFL-mandated offseason appearance.