Why won’t Tom Heckert comment on his relationship with Joe Banner?

Maybe it’s nothing more than a bit odd, but it’s at least that. The Plain Dealer’s Mary Kay Cabot quotes Tom Heckert and (as best we can tell) at least one “league source” as well as a separate “league insider” in a piece titled, “Cleveland Browns GM Tom Heckert acknowledges uncertain futures, stresses focus on winning.” Cabot quotes “a source” as saying that, contrary to unspecific reports to the contrary, Heckert, in his former job as Eagles GM, “had a good working relationship” with former Philadelphia Eagles President Joe Banner, who’s reported to be a part of the new ownership group set to take over the Browns. The source adds that Heckert ”left [the Eagles] to have final say over the 53-man roster” in Cleveland, a responsibility that was Andy Reid’s in Philly. Which all sounds fine in theory but why can’t Heckert just say so himself? Per Cabot:  “We can’t worry about what’s going on with the sale or what’s going to happen after the season,” [Heckert] said.