by Zack Cox on Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 2:27PM 1,024 Share this: FOXBORO, Mass. — A throng of reporters and cameras typically surrounds Martellus Bennett’s locker each Thursday, and the eccentric New England Patriots tight end rarely disappoints. Bennett’s latest Thursday media session included lengthy odes to two things that have nothing to do with football: gold and bacon. “I like gold,” Bennett said. “I tried to get paid in gold one year, but they told me, ‘No.’ I’ll take a check, too, though. As long as it cashes. I don’t want no checks that bounce. All money’s good money.” That response came after Bennett said he tries to “strike gold” whenever he’s out on the field. And if he doesn’t find it? “I just take