New England Patriots

Bill Belichick pulled a George Costanza

Showmanship

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was all smiles Wednesday. AP

Bill Belichick knows when to exit a room.

On Wednesday, when a reporter tried to ask the Patriots head coach about the team bringing in running back Steven Jackson for a tryout, Belichick deflected like the great George Costanza, saying he’d prefer to end the press conference on a high note.

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Way to go, Bill. Sometimes when you tell a good joke, you just know there isn’t going to be a better one coming. As Jason Alexander’s Seinfeld character famously put it, “That’s it for me! Be good everybody!’’

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Bill Belichick’s not mad; this is just his RBF

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