Bill Belichick’s bye week appears to have been pretty wild.
Belichick showed up to his press conference Tuesday morning with a black left eye. We don’t have answers on how it happened, but he’s toughing it out.
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
Here’s a closer look at the shiner:
For those wondering, here's a photo of Belichick's eye from @ProjoPhoto's Mary Murphy pic.twitter.com/n0VzBtXayb
— Mark Daniels (@ByMarkDaniels) January 12, 2016
Thankfully, Belichick won’t be on the injury report, which is something plenty of Patriots players have been unable to avoid this season.