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FOXBORO - Getting the housekeeping out of the way early, Bill Belichick was asked at his 11:30 press conference if Richard Seymour was on hand.

"I haven't seen him," Belichick replied.

When pressed at the end of the press conference for a little more information on the Pro Bowl defensive end.

"Here's what we'll do, OK? You don't need to ask the question every day. If there's something, I'll lead right off with it, OK? I'll tell you right off the bat, 'This is what's new.' Alright? But right now I'm focused on the players who are here. That's what I'm going to do is do my best to coach the players who are here."

In theory, that's a reasonable request.

In practice, it's hard to pretend you're doing your job gathering pertinent information on the football team if you don't ask questions about subjects that -- however uncomfortable they may be -- are pretty important.

Even at the risk of irritating a guy who, three minutes later, you'll ask to articulate his views on another topic for a story you're working on.

On the other hand, if you already know what the answer will be, why bother asking the question and irking him so that the press conference goes cantankerous on everyone.

Slippery decisions. That's why this job is so staggeringly arduous.

I need to go get a fajita now.

Practice is at 2:30 and I'll hit you with some info from that and some other Belichick nuggets from this a.m.

T

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