Bill Belichick deflects Gisele's claims that Tom Brady suffered a concussion

Belichick said that player safety is a matter taken seriously by the Patriots.

Tom Brady made offseason headlines when his wife Gisele Bundchen told CBS’ Charlie Rose that he suffered a concussion last season. However, the Patriots never reported one and Brady’s agent denied it.

Reporters finally asked Bill Belichick about it Tuesday, when he gave a short-winded response. Not only did he said that the team files reports in compliance with league guidelines, but he also made it clear he’s a coach, not a doctor, something he’s said outright before.

“You know, our medical staff really handles the injury situation with players,” he said. “Players don't come to me and I don't treat them for injuries. That's not really my job. That's what we have medical staff for.”

On May 23, Roger Goodell brushed off the situation by saying that Brady hadn’t been diagnosed with one last season. He also emphasized that it was an issue that the league was still working on, and one they believe they have made progress on.

“The responsibility is a shared responsibility, for our teams, our medical professionals, the players themselves,” Goodell said. “We put in a lot of safeguards that I think are incredibly important in changing the culture. That's what we've done. There is still more work to be done.”

Goodell also said players were much better about self-reporting concussions. “You really see players now saying, 'I don't feel right, I need to get a medical exam.' You see teammates that say, 'You know what, he doesn't seem right’ to me or coaches. All of that is an advancement.”

Bundchen’s comments were made out of care for her husband. She wants him to live a healthy and happy life, but the unfortunate side effects of football are an understandable cause for concern. That’s even more true when you consider that there’s still plenty we don’t know about brain injuries.

“I am planning on having him be healthy and do a lot of fun things when we’re, like, 100, I hope,” Bundchen said in May.

Belichick is right that it’s up to team doctors to diagnosis concussions. But everybody involved in the game — whether it’s players, coaches, or doctors — needs to make sure that concussion protocol is being followed.