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New England Patriots News 1-17 and AFC East Notes
Steve Balestrieri
Rumors, Rumors, Rumors and Distractions: If there was a week for the Patriots to be distracted by the noise surrounding them, this was a prime example. First was the bizarre case of Chandler Jones and his trip to the Foxboro Police Station ending up at Norwood Hospital for a bad reaction to synthetic marijuana.
That much is a fact as it has been confirmed by the police as well as the Patriots. But the rumors of this story took on a wild rollercoaster of innuendo that got out of control.
First was the erroneous report that Jones overdosed on heroin and/or cocaine and that he was at Rob Gronkowski’s house at the time of his medical issue. Of course the fact that Gronkowski was in Florida at the time was overlooked, but never let truth get in the way of a good conspiracy (see Deflategate).
The story got even more bizarre when ESPN’s Cris Carter who started off his diatribe about Jones with the fact that he didn’t know all the facts of the case but said he was going to put it “out there” that although there was no proof, that he believed that Jones wasn’t in fact smoking synthetic marijuana but PCP. Talk about a stretch.
That went beyond the pale and has no place in what is supposed to be the premiere Sports Channel in the US. But then again the report that “11 of 12 Patriots footballs below 2 pounds PSI” yada, yada still sits ….untouched and undeleted on their web site.
Rumors continued to fly about Bill Belichick’s black eye and the media was asking him about it to no avail. Probably the best one was that Gronkowski’s brother decked Belichick in a fight over Gronkowski’s injury. It doesn’t get any better than that in Boston.
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Steve Balestrieri
Rumors, Rumors, Rumors and Distractions: If there was a week for the Patriots to be distracted by the noise surrounding them, this was a prime example. First was the bizarre case of Chandler Jones and his trip to the Foxboro Police Station ending up at Norwood Hospital for a bad reaction to synthetic marijuana.
That much is a fact as it has been confirmed by the police as well as the Patriots. But the rumors of this story took on a wild rollercoaster of innuendo that got out of control.
First was the erroneous report that Jones overdosed on heroin and/or cocaine and that he was at Rob Gronkowski’s house at the time of his medical issue. Of course the fact that Gronkowski was in Florida at the time was overlooked, but never let truth get in the way of a good conspiracy (see Deflategate).
The story got even more bizarre when ESPN’s Cris Carter who started off his diatribe about Jones with the fact that he didn’t know all the facts of the case but said he was going to put it “out there” that although there was no proof, that he believed that Jones wasn’t in fact smoking synthetic marijuana but PCP. Talk about a stretch.
That went beyond the pale and has no place in what is supposed to be the premiere Sports Channel in the US. But then again the report that “11 of 12 Patriots footballs below 2 pounds PSI” yada, yada still sits ….untouched and undeleted on their web site.
Rumors continued to fly about Bill Belichick’s black eye and the media was asking him about it to no avail. Probably the best one was that Gronkowski’s brother decked Belichick in a fight over Gronkowski’s injury. It doesn’t get any better than that in Boston.
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