Bennett is an a-hole in my opinion and scumbag and I'm not rooting for him to have any success -- I'd rather Gronk, Hogan, Amendola, Cooks, White, Burkhead got all the catches.
He had a contractual obligation to play, but he didn't want to because playing hurt a bit.
Him telling the truth would've been saying "My team sucks now, so I don't feel like playing thru the pain so pay me while I relax" -- which would make him one of many a-holes around.
Instead, he took it further, lied, wrongly throwing the doctor under the bus.
If a Pats player did what he did, we'd go nuts about it.