Watson won’t be activated - he is now a Free Agent

[Sicilian]

I called this
And was roasted for it

If I never see these words in this order on this site again, I wouldn't miss them. No one cares (and I'm not singling you out ChrisR).

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Early Bird Bob: I thought we really had something.

 

[Love The Drake]

If I never see these words in this order on this site again, I wouldn't miss them. No one cares (and I'm not singling you out ChrisR).

Lol It kind of feels like it but I like having a grip on what the front office is thinking it makes me feel more involved with the team then I am which is less than zero currently.

 

[Patstastic]

Very sad situation. Deserves better.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Early Bird Bob: I thought we really had something.

Dude that cracks me up every time I read it.

 

[Patjew]

Of all the threads how has Gronk not been mentioned yet???

 

[VectorPrime]

He’s pissed.

 

[203Pat]

He posted some weird god tweet and something about not making the roster.

 

[makoute]

Kind of shocked by this. I believe he's more capable of helping this year's offense than LaCosse or Izzo but I'm not getting paid to make those calls.

The dude is 38 years old, in a pretty demanding position. People shouldn't be expecting much from him.

 

[Urgent]

Too bad.
"I gave my all but it was not enough to earn a roster spot on The Patriots" - a lot of disappointment there.
That sounds purely performance-based.
Comments here point to financials. Who knows.
Certainly a very strong locker room presence, someone who is familiar with the offense. A lot of us looked forward to seeing him on the field.

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

Shocked, another TE brought in only to be let go...how many does that make so far? 4-5?

 

[Kontradiction]

The god of ties not getting shown any respect as per usual even though people are lukewarm on him for the most part.

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

Is this 2 million going towards the Gronk fund later in the year?

 

[RobertWeathers]

He’s pissed.

He got $458k out of it.

He'll be fine.

 

[NashuaPats]

He's gotta be better than the two TE's we have now. There is a trade brewing.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

Watson has explained that he started doctor-prescribed hormone treatments to help with healing his body after announcing his retirement. He assumed his PED-banned days were over. Then the Patriots talked him out of retiring, and he warned them of the situation: Benjamin Watson explains why he knowingly took a banned substance

Ah, thanks Patchick for the clarification.
Side note: there's one possible problem with that argument if this is doctor prescribed TRT (bio-identical hormone replacement). An endo or urologist is unlikely to prescribe at a 'rule break' level (supraphysiological). With that, the only time it would be supra/rule break level is if you do the replacement via injections, and with that in the first 24 or so hours after that the blood serum level can spike pretty high (up into lowest levels of first time amateur body builder). He did an injection within 24 hours of a test? ;-)
So unless Watson was at an anti aging type clinic that deals with purposefully keeping serum level up really high, Watson's argument may not jive.
OTOH, if he was using Growth Hormone from a doctor (possible), a doctor keeping levels above normal human (albeit they would put it highest normal) is again an anti aging thing and unlikely just an endo practitioner you found on yelp .

 

[RobertWeathers]

Is this 2 million going towards the Gronk fund later in the year?

Yep.

Bake sale is next Saturday.

Car wash on 10/19

 

[Sicilian]

The god of ties not getting shown any respect as per usual even though people are lukewarm on him for the most part.

He wouldn't know how to feel about the respect anyway.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

I can see the logic here, release AB so he is no longer on the team and doesn’t have to adhere to the can’t change number in season rule.

Pats don’t activate Watson freeing up 84, AB should be back but Thursday wearing 84

 

[Triumph]

Is this 2 million going towards the Gronk fund later in the year?

I believe its for a WR right now.

The same WRs stepped up in WASHINGTON. White and Edelman. Thats just not good enough with the tough part of the schedule closing in.