BREAKING NEWS? Man, Is BB Milking This!
 

Posted 8 minutes ago:

"Mike Reiss reports that practice has begun at the Dana-Farber Fieldhouse and Tom Brady is not present for the start of the practice. More to come. "

http://www.boston.com/sports/footbal.../reiss_pieces/

Re: Man, Is BB Milking This!
 

ummm milking? I really hope so.

Something tells me that BB is not the type of coach that would trade practice time before a Superbowl for whatever slight psychological advantage he might gain from this (which I really don't see what that would be).

Re: Man, Is BB Milking This!
 

"It's not broke, it's just swole."
-Perk

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Part 2 of the madness coming up....

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The Pats are ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT OF THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

http://www.boston.com/sports/footbal.../reiss_pieces/

FOXBOROUGH -- Patriots coach Bill Belichick held his Thursday press conference (10:50 a.m.) at Gillette Stadium. It didn't take long before he was asked about QB Tom Brady and his health.

"I don't have any comment on it," Belichick said.

Asked if Brady would have a full workload in practice, Belichick said: "We'll go out there and I don't know. The injury report will be out next Wednesday, and we're excited to give that to you. I can't wait to give that to everybody."

That drew some laughter by those in the media workroom.
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"Players were asked quite a few questions on Brady. One response that stood out came from Seymour, who was asked his thoughts when he saw pictures of Brady walking in New York with a protective brace over his right foot.

"Every channel I turned to, there it was, magnifying in on the boot," Seymour said. "To me, the good part was the flowers. I wasn't in on the boot."

Seymour joked that he came home with flowers for his wife after seeing photos of Brady."

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Are you under the impression that the media portion of the practice is anywhere near the entire practice time? Please tell me you don't get worried every week when you see Brady's name on the "Probable - shoulder" list.

Not being sarcastic, just wondering.

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Something tells if either the players or BB was actually concerned about TB's foot, they would not be joking like this.

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I CAN'T WAIT to see the NY papers tomorrow - - how much do you think they will leap headfirst into BB's joke?

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"Mike Reiss reports that practice has begun at the Dana-Farber Fieldhouse and Tom Brady is not present for the start of the practice. More to come. "

I live in DC so I don't get the local media coverage of this stuff, so yeah that I thought that statement meant they had begun actual practice.

To me those Seymour and BB quotes seem like they're actively trying to downplay the injury by hinting that it's not that big of a deal, which I believe that it isn't. If it was all a ploy and they were "milking it" I would expect them to say that they're unsure and that they just have to deal with it as it goes or something like that.

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From my understanding, I believe they allow the media in for the first 5-15 minutes of stretching, and then they are escorted out.