Coach Bill Belichick on Thursday acknowledged that he was “shocked” this week to learn of the NFL’s investigation of overly deflated footballs allegedly used by the Patriots during the AFC title game.

Addressing a swarm of reporters, Belichick addressed the controversy with a prepared statement:

“When I came in Monday morning, I was shocked to learn of the news reports about the footballs. I had no knowledge whatsoever of this situation until Monday morning.

“I would say I learned a lot more about this process in the last three days than I knew or had talked about it in the last 40 years that I’ve coached in this league.

“I had no knowledge of the various steps involved in the game balls and the process that went through — that happened between — when they were prepared and went to the officials and went to the game, so I learned a lot about that.

via Marc Sessler of NFL.com