Paddy Chung unhappy (possibly fit?)
 

The following question and answer is from Mike Reiss' Patriots Mailbag.

I thought it was quite interesting. Sorry if it has been discussed already.

Q. Hey Mike. Any thoughts on Patrick Chung? Is he really banged up or do you think there might be something else going on? Any chance Chung being inactive plays into his contract situation? Saw an interesting tweet from him. -- Tyler (Boston)

A. Tyler, I also saw the tweet, which was quickly deleted. It showed up before Sunday's game -- right around the time Chung was declared inactive -- and read, "Gotta love business." It leaves a lot open to interpretation, and I'd be interested to hear Chung's take. It has been a disappointing year for Chung -- first performance-wise, then injury-wise. It speaks for itself at this point -- no need for me to pile on. He's a hard worker; it just hasn't come together for him and leaves his future in doubt. Every game he doesn't play potentially affects his future earnings. That has to be frustrating for him.

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Last year, he started talking about how he was healthy even though he wasn't playing. This seems similar. Considering the less than ideal start to his contract year, he's probably eager to get on the field and try to salvage his value. Ideally, that will come Thursday evening. Shonn Greene is a pretty crappy running back, but I still don't want Gregory trying to tackle him.

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Guy's had a real rough season. Why shouldn't he be unhappy? If he wants to blame Belichick or any other coach for his problems, that's on him.

In all likelihood he felt his injuries weren't severe enough to warrant being inactive, so he disagreed with the decision that wasn't his to make. Football player wants to play football - it's the only way he can start to put this bad season behind him and make some headway towards proving he belongs in the NFL.

I'm glad he didn't tweet "super relieved to not have to lace them up today, good luck to my homeboys, try not to let up any 50 yard TD's, lol"

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Hmmm. Doesn't look good for Chung and his future as a Patriot.

People dismiss tweets as innocuous but they can sometime be very telling to a player's state of mind.

Chung is clearly frustrated but it goes without saying that between injuries in inconsistency hes been a non-factor this year.

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With the greatest respect to Patrick Chung, he's had enough time in the league to correct the same mistakes he makes year in year out. As he doesn't appear smart enough or capable (either interpretation is fine) of correcting them on the field, I am fine with seeing less of him in uniform.

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What former starter worth his salt wouldn't be frustrated as a healthy scratch? Hope Chung gets the opportunity to redeem his season on the field and executes on that opportunity.

What I love about Patsfans is stuff like learning "Paddy" Chung is really a Mick. Never knew that.

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Chung is dung...who cares what he thinks.

He will hopefully be some other teams problem next season.

He obviously isn't good enough to start over a rookie so that pretty much tells you he sucks.

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If he was the best guy to put on the field - he would be on the field. Since he is not - we and he know where he stands.

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Not like he stays on the field long when he does see it. Not that worried. I wouldn't resign him at this point unless he was willing to play for vet minimum and some healthy playing time bonuses.

Re: Paddy Chung unhappy (possibly fit?)
 

I got 99 problems but Pat Chung being butthurt ain't one.