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Patriots Coach Bill Belichick Shows Up with Black Eye After 1st-Round Bye

Photo: Bill Belichick, with a swollen left eye, meets with reporters this morning. "I think I'll live," he says. pic.twitter.com/g5xIVxoHCe

— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) January 12, 2016

The New England Patriots were supposed to use their first-round bye to get healthy, but not everybody got through the week unscathed.

New England coach Bill Belichick showed up to Tuesday morning's media session with a shiner above his left eye.

For those wondering, here's a photo of Belichick's eye from @ProjoPhoto's Mary Murphy pic.twitter.com/n0VzBtXayb

— Mark Daniels (@MarkDanielsPJ) January 12, 2016

It's not known what led to the black eye, but Belichick doesn't seem too worried about it.