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.