Possible reason why Burgess missed camp - New England Patriots Forums

PATRIOTSFANINPA · 08-14-2010, 05:05 PM

Rappaport reported on Twitter yesterday that Burgess 32nd birthday was the DAY BEFORE he suddenly decided to come back yesterday and play and thinks that Derrick wanted to spend his birthday with family and friends back home in Mississippi instead of being in camp - lets see - he turns 32,spends his birthday in Mississippi and then the next day suddenly decides he wants to play again?...sounds like this was not a coincidence,just BS delay.

I don't think he was even thinking of retiring,just wanted to get out of camp and hang out with family.

I don't think this was related to Warren's IR.

Bertil · 08-14-2010, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by PATRIOTSFANINPA

Rappaport reported on Twitter yesterday that Burgess 32nd birthday was the DAY BEFORE he suddenly decided to come back yesterday and play and thinks that Derrick wanted to spend his birthday with family and friends back home in Mississippi instead of being in camp - lets see - he turns 32,spends his birthday in Mississippi and then the next day suddenly decides he wants to play again?...sounds like this was not a coincidence,just BS delay.

I don't think he was even thinking of retiring,just wanted to get out of camp and hang out with family.

I don't think this was related to Warren's IR.

Yes, Brady set the precedent when he came back the day after the birth of his son...so this IS the most logical explanation.

PATRIOTSFANINPA · 08-14-2010, 05:14 PM

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Yes, Brady set the precedent when he came back the day after the birth of his son...so this IS the most logical explanation.

If he wanted to hang out with family then maybe he should have told Belichick the truth...this retirement thing was hogwash IMO - At least thats what us fans here from the media heard about his 'retirement'

***BradyFTW!*** · 08-14-2010, 05:19 PM

Makes sense. Either way, I'm glad to have him back.

PATRIOTSFANINPA · 08-14-2010, 05:26 PM

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Makes sense. Either way, I'm glad to have him back.

I guess I am too since McGinest and Vrabel are not coming back in thier prime again anytime soon

BSR · 08-14-2010, 05:34 PM

Who knows...my sense is that Belichick wouldn't take something like that so lightly. He was too complimentary to him in the pressed for that to be the case. My guess is that he was dealing with some personal issues.

PatsChamp88 · 08-14-2010, 05:37 PM

Does it really matter?

***Gwedd*** · 08-14-2010, 07:06 PM

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Does it really matter?

Nope. Glad he's back and passed his conditioning test. We can use him, and I suspect he'll be putting in some quality time for us.

SammyBlueCat · 08-14-2010, 09:53 PM

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Nope. Glad he's back and passed his conditioning test. We can use him, and I suspect he'll be putting in some quality time for us.

Does quality time mean running a lot of laps?

***SanAngeloState*** · 08-15-2010, 07:51 AM

So he blew us off to hang out with his family? Is this a good thing?

He should be running laps til he pukes every day to make up for missing all those practices.

My bet is he gets his ass cut. I want them to take back the signing bonus money too.