Jonas Gray has good attitude about sitting out

At least publicly, he handled it exactly the way he should have, which is nice. He sure didn't look happy on the sideline. Hoping he uses it to motivate himself, not to become a crybaby. Article suggests he's handling it well (though obviously privately we have no clue what he's thinking):

http://www.boston.com/sports/footba...y_i_wish_i_was_able_to_contribute_to_the.html

now don't do it again

Plus, rookies are going to get their balls busted, lest they get big heads. BB is old school.

Gray & BB now moving on to GB

The kid will be fine ..... if he buys a real alarm clock.

Moss and Reevis were disciplined and moved on. Big Sey never got over being disciplined and moved on...to another team. It's probably good that gray got to see that discipline applied to everyone. I think he will handle this as Reevis did and we will have a dynamic duo in the backfield for the tournament.

Wonder if, after a third tardiness by a player to practice this year (that we know of), the coaching staff felt like they needed to make an example of someone -- and who better than a rookie RB (whose head might have been getting a little big after a SI cover) during a week that featured the passing game.

What really gets interesting now is to see how snaps get split between Gray and Blount from here out.

I'm a softie -- I kept hoping BB would throw him just one snap. Gray's a young guy, unheralded beginning in the NFL, then he gets foisted to the highest headlines of the most popular media entertainment in America, then the very next game doesn't get a single snap. That's got some elements of a Greek Tragedy.

But arguing BB's methodology would put me in a hard to defend position. I hope Gray is the kind of guy who will take to the important lesson he was given by trying even harder, being early to practice if needed, generally this experience makes him more determined.

TheBostonStraggler said:

I'm a softie -- I kept hoping BB would throw him just one snap. Gray's a young guy, unheralded beginning in the NFL, then he gets foisted to the highest headlines of the most popular media entertainment in America, then the very next game doesn't get a single snap. That's got some elements of a Greek Tragedy.

But arguing BB's methodology would put me in a hard to defend position. I hope Gray is the kind of guy who will take to the important lesson he was given by trying even harder, being early to practice if needed, generally this experience makes him more determined.

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I'm not a fan of this.

BB unecessarily and very publicly screwed with Ridley's head about the fumbles. Right up until his ACL, Ridley was never the same runner - - yes, he didn't fumble, but he no longer was a deep gain threat either. He ran scared.

Gray got the message with the public leaking of being sent home from practice (which is a discretionary thing - - Reis today intimated that Ayers had the same thing and it wasn't made public - - and he wasn't benched the next game - - neither was Revis).

I'll never forgive BB for the way he treated Seymour when the kid's grandmother (who practically raised him) died.

So now, BB is holding Blount up to be a paragon of virtue and this kid up to be the miscreant? That's an irony. BB is a great coach, but sometimes one has to shake one's head at his actions.

TheBostonStraggler said:

I'm a softie -- I kept hoping BB would throw him just one snap. Gray's a young guy, unheralded beginning in the NFL, then he gets foisted to the highest headlines of the most popular media entertainment in America, then the very next game doesn't get a single snap. That's got some elements of a Greek Tragedy.

But arguing BB's methodology would put me in a hard to defend position. I hope Gray is the kind of guy who will take to the important lesson he was given by trying even harder, being early to practice if needed, generally this experience makes him more determined.

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This is Gray's 3rd year in the league. He went to college. Hes 24 years old. The Pats are a strict environment. We'll see if he "gets it".

I'd guess someone explained this to Gray that this is Belichick effectively saying "you could be great if you can focus - and let this be a reminder to you" - and it sounds like he's taking the lesson the right way

Seymour's grandmother? Please remind me the details

We don't know the whole story, but it appears to be inconsistent treatment of different players. Without understanding the rationale I can't see how it can be defended.

shmessy said:

I'm not a fan of this.
Gray got the message with the public leaking of being sent home from practice (which is a discretionary thing - - Reis today intimated that Ayers had the same thing and it wasn't made public - - and he wasn't benched the next game - - neither was Revis)

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Best not to assume you know what has happened inside the building.

Has Gray been late, but unnoticed by the media, when on the Practice Squad ?

Did BB not appreciate his deleted tweets post incident ?

Has there been any attitude issues in meetings ?

We don't know the answer to these or other similar questions. Since we have no actual idea it's probably best to defer to the person who does. It's possible BB was wrong but we don't have the facts to know.

Mack Herron said:

We don't know the whole story, but it appears to be inconsistent treatment of different players. Without understanding the rationale I can't see how it can be defended.

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Most likely it's a matter of a rookie vs. a veteran needing to learn different lessons. No different than with kids, judgement and punishment can be very different based on history, age and experience.

BelichickFan said:

Most likely it's a matter of a rookie vs. a veteran needing to learn different lessons. No different than with kids, judgement and punishment can be very different based on history, age and experience.

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That could account for Revis, but Seymour? Even so, I have a hard time with handing out different penalties for the same offense (if that is in fact what it was, which we cannot know).

Mack Herron said:

That could account for Revis, but Seymour? Even so, I have a hard time with handing out different penalties for the same offense (if that is in fact what it was, which we cannot know).

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As for Seymour that was a LONG time ago. People change - even Belichick.

Revis ? Who knows but Revis didn't tweet about it. Not the tweets were bad but it raised an eyebrow when Gray tweeted then deleted the tweets. Didn't seem like a BB kind of thing.

BelichickFan said:

Most likely it's a matter of a rookie vs. a veteran needing to learn different lessons. No different than with kids, judgement and punishment can be very different based on history, age and experience.

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That's not the way it was heralded when Revis was sent home from practice.

Then, it was all about "Doesn't matter who you are".

BelichickFan said:

As for Seymour that was a LONG time ago. People change - even Belichick.

Revis ? Who knows but Revis didn't tweet about it. Not the tweets were bad but it raised an eyebrow when Gray tweeted then deleted the tweets. Didn't seem like a BB kind of thing.

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And this could point to the situations being different, not just the penalty. I am just saying I don't understand.

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That's not the way it was heralded when Revis was sent home from practice.

Then, it was all about "Doesn't matter who you are".

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And he was sent home ; didn't matter who he was. Period.

Doesn't mean others can't get" add ons".