FOXBOROUGH, Mass – While there were some rumors circling that the New England Patriots could potentially make some moves prior to the trade deadline, everything remained quiet in Foxborough. 

And head coach Bill Belichick did not provide any context over the potential decisions that were made prior to the deadline. 

As more questions came up, it was clear that he did not want to talk about, which led to a very tense exchange with one reporter.  

Here is everything that was said during his press conference:   

Q: The trade deadline yesterday, was that a busy day for you guys?

BB: We’re getting ready for Washington.

Q: When you say you spent time getting ready for Washington yesterday, is that just there wasn’t much that sort of percolated on the trade front for you guys?

BB: Yeah, again, we talked about this the other day – the personnel department, coaching department. We talked about that last week, just another day of that.

Q: So there really weren’t any decisions to make on your end?

BB: If there was anything to talk about, we talked about it. If there wasn’t anything to talk about, then I worked on Washington. Personnel people worked on personnel things.

Q: Bill, really not trying to beat a dead horse here, but I just wanted to clarify, you mentioned the personnel department handles to trade discussions with other teams, but you are part of the personnel department —

Belichick: “This is the same thing we’ve talked about. We’ve talked about this 50 times. If they have something that they think I need to know about, then we talk about it. If I have a personnel situation that I think they need to know about, I tell them about it and then they look into it. It’s the same thing I’ve said the last 50 times we’ve talked about this. We work together when there’s something to work together on. When there isn’t something to work together on, then I coach and they do personnel.”

Q: I was just trying to clarify because you make it sound like two different things and our understanding is you’re part of the —

Belichick: “If there’s something that we need to talk about, then we talk about it. If there isn’t something to talk about, we’re not just going to sit there and stare at each other all day. We both have other stuff to do. Not both, but like their department, the coaching department. Like, there’s other things going on. So we’re not just going to sit there and stare at each other and see if the phone is going to ring or if there’s going to be some bulletin on the news or whatever. We have stuff to do.”