Bill Belichick stepped before microphones and cameras on Saturday to provide the latest findings in Deflate-gate.
Sounds fine, except for one thing: It was the New England Patriots' findings into a scandal of their own making.
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Shades of Watergate! All that was missing was Woodward and Bernstein (look them up in the history books, boys and girls) exploring a morass of non-denial denials. How did media members react?
Check out these gems from Twitter.
Boil it down, and what Belichick just did -- in the most forceful way possible -- was create plausible deniability.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) January 24, 2015Listening to Bill Belichick talk about balls is simply excruciating. After this presser, there is no need for a Saturday Night Live sketch.
— Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) January 24, 2015In all seriousness, Belichick forced NFL’s investigation into interesting direction. How much will final report include scientific studies?
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) January 24, 2015"I am not Mona Lisa Vito.” Here are the eight greatest quotes from Bill Belichick’s epic press conference. http://t.co/fLOG8f5krj
— Steve Politi (@StevePoliti) January 24, 2015Belichick: “I can’t tell the difference if there is one pound difference or half pound difference in the footballs.”
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 24, 2015Only one word to sum up Belichick's press conference there: #flexball
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) January 24, 2015Still no explanation from Belichick as to how the laws of physics don't apply to the Colts' footballs.
— Bart Hubbuch (@BartHubbuch) January 24, 2015said it before, and i’ll say it again: people only use math to explain things to the general public if they want to leave them confused.
— Bomani Jones (@bomani_jones) January 24, 2015this should make everyone who covers the nfl take himself or herself less seriously. what the hell are we doing, man?
— Bomani Jones (@bomani_jones) January 24, 2015Belichick just made a My Cousin Vinny reference? Put that man in the Hall of Fame today.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) January 24, 2015LOL! #MyCousinVinny ---> RT @LanceMcAlister: Belichick drops Mona Lisa Vito reference https://t.co/I8vU7GBRXP
— Mike Popovich (@mpopovichREP) January 24, 2015A live look at the Belichick press conference. pic.twitter.com/km9UdACJaf
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 24, 2015Straight gangster move by Belichick, doubling down, aggressive, daring the league office he despises to prove him wrong
— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) January 24, 2015