JM, you got me thinking about those early days. IIRC, Terry didn't go quietly into the night that season. I think that Glenn was hurt the week Bledsoe got hurt, and came back and played a few games with Tom before he went completely off the rails and was suspended. I have this memory of Glenn catching at least one TD pass from Tom. Maybe it was the Colt game.
Edit: I just checked and it was the SD game that year where Glenn had a TD and 110yd, 7 catch game. Further investigation finds that Glenn was on the team 4 games that season with one start, evidently that was the SD game.
Glenn never stopped being a great WR talent. Most people probably forget that in his last 2 full years in the league (2005 & 2006) Glenn had 1100yd seasons with Dallas. He almost 9,000 yds of receiving in his career, who knows what he might have accomplished if he had his head on straight. I hope he is well now and content He had a very tough upbringing .....and I'm REAL glad he never got a ring that year.
BTW- Not too many coaches would have done what BB did in suspending his best receiver while trying to help a very young QB with his weapons. But it DID sent a powerful message that no one is bigger than the program. And it's one that lasted to this date. At what point did they finally cut the cord on him that year. Anyone remember?
I was thinking that Belichick suspended him for faking an injury or something like that, and then the suspension was overturned by the league. I couldn't recall exactly and as it turns out that was close, but not exactly it.
In May of 2001 Glenn was arrested for domestic abuse after an incident involving the mother of his five-year old son. Back then something like that was not dealt with at all by the league; it was left completely up to the individual teams to handle as they saw fit. In addition there was also a felony charge of intimidating a witness. Then in the beginning of August the NFL suspended Gleen for the first four games of the regular season for violating terms of the substance-abuse program; Glenn stated that it was for weed.
After that Glenn left training camp. This was August 3; keep in mind his suspension would not begin until nearly a month later for week one, on September 9. Glenn had still not returned to training camp nearly two weeks later when Belichick finally suspended him on August 15 after failed attempts to trade him. BB placed him on the reserve/left camp list which meant he would be ineligible to play for the entire
season - plus he would still have to serve his four-game NFL suspension the following year. Prior to that Glenn had implied in an interview that he was faking injuries because he was not getting paid.
On September 13 an arbitrator overturned the suspension imposed by Belichick, but Glenn still had to serve the four game NFL suspension. He played in that week five game against the Chargers and caught seven passes for 110 yards and a touchdown, but injured his hamstring.
After that Belichick allegedly fined Glenn three times for missing treatment, missing a meeting, and refusing to get on a Stairmaster to test the hamstring. Glenn was inactive in every game until December 9; he played in three more games but had only seven more catches for 94 yards in those contests. Late in the season he was suspended by Belichick again for missing a practice; Glenn said it was injury-related but BB said it was disciplinary.
Glenn's agent claimed that the Patriots had withheld a payment that was part of his bonus in June, which set things off. Not sure if that was true, or if it was and had something to do with the arrest, or if they knew about the failed drug test.
The Pats traded him to Green Bay in the off-season for a pair of draft picks, one of which was DL Jarvis Green.
Glenn has had multiple run-ins with the law since leaving the Pats.
- In 2005 while with the Cowboys he was handcuffed but not arrested for public intoxication after urinating outside a restaurant.
- In 2009 Glenn was arrested for public intoxication and possession of marijuana.
- In 2010 he was arrested for grand theft auto after not returning a rental car.
- In 2010 he was arrested for possession of marijuana.
- In 2011 he was arrested for driving while intoxicated and possession of marijuana.
Currently Glenn is the
offensive coordinator of the Texas Revolution of the Champions Indoor Football League.
Some links:
Glenn suspended four games for drug use | Aug 3, 2001
Glenn suspended by Patriots | Aug 16, 2001
Glenn reinstated, will return Week 5 | Sept 13, 2001
Belichick hits Glenn with another fine | Oct 31, 2001
Mort (incorrectly) reports (!!!) Glenn could be done for season | Nov 1, 2001
Glenn to appeal New England's suspension | Dec 1, 2001
Terry Glenn 2001 Game Log | Pro Football Reference
2002 NFL draft with transactions | ProSportTransactions.com
Ex-Patriots receiver Terry Glenn arrested again | Jan 22, 2011
