During a press conference on Thursday, Bill Belichick was asked if he finds it important for him to come up with ways for players to feel like they're enjoying themselves with the work they're putting in.

“We feel what’s important to us is to win,” Belichick said. “So that’s really what we’re trying to do.”

Belichick was then asked about criticism from people like Lane Johnson.

“Yeah, we’re focused on what we’re doing, trying to get better and taking each day we can to try to improve our football team,” Belichick said. “Not really focused on what everybody else is doing.”

Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski have been away from the Patriots during OTAs.