Patriots, Brady still playing coy

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady is staying mum on his status for the AFC championship game after suffering a right hand injury earlier in the week.

Brady said a bit contentiously only “we’ll see” on Friday when asked whether he would play in Sunday’s conference title game against Jacksonville.

The quarterback wore red gloves and responded to several other questions about how much he practiced or how he sustained the injury by saying “I’m not talking about that.”

Brady is listed as questionable for Sunday after being a limited participant in practice Friday. He was also limited on Wednesday. He sat out practice Thursday, but wore a glove on his injured hand during the stretching period open to reporters.

Brady usually only wears a glove on his non-throwing hand.

The four-time Super Bowl MVP has never missed a playoff start during his 18-year career.

“Tom always tends to show up in big games. This is a big game,” receiver Danny Amendola said.

If for some reason Brady can’t go — no, the Earth won’t stop rotating on its axis and New England still would show up to play — the Patriots would look to backup Brian Hoyer.

A former Patriot, Hoyer was re-acquired in midseason when New England traded Jimmy Garoppolo to San Francisco.

The Patriots haven’t called any QB’s name in the post-season other than Brady’s since the 1990s.