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Boston Globe NFL reporter Ben Volin got himself in all kinds of hot water on Wednesday after appearing on WEEI’s\u00a0The Greg Hill Show<\/em> while trying to continue on the narrative he put out Tuesday night on NBC Sports Boston where he believed second-year quarterback Mac Jones “needed to be humbled<\/strong><\/a>“, which obviously made a lot of noise.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, not only did he double down on that claim during his interview Wednesday, but he made a pretty surprising claim that others “in the building”<\/strong><\/a> shared his view and based that theory off of an apparent DM he received.<\/p>\n

However, that DM came from someone on Twitter looking to submarine him, and unfortunately, Volin fell for it.<\/p>\n

The former Palm Beach Post reporter called in from Penn Station in New York City Wednesday morning as he was getting ready to return to Boston having been in New York to cover the NFL owners’ meeting.\u00a0 After the interview, the revelation of his miscue came not even an hour later when Barstool Sports broke the story<\/strong><\/a> after the person behind the DM revealed what had happened.<\/p>\n

As a result, Volin’s account on Twitter remained silent for the rest of the day, with Volin finally jumping back on this morning where he issued an apology.<\/p>\n

“Hey everybody, just want to acknowledge that I made a mistake Wednesday on @WEEI,” Tweeted Volin<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 “I should have not spoken of the DM without vetting it first. No excuses, It won\u2019t happen again. I appreciate the feedback and comments I\u2019ve received.”<\/p>\n

The apology comes one day removed from when radio host, Greg Hill, who won a Marconi Award on Wednesday night<\/strong><\/a>, initially questioned him on it to begin with.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo somebody, not just a random, somebody reached out and said that Mac has an attitude problem and everybody knows it?” asked Hill.\u00a0 “Sounds like nonsense to me, honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Volin replied, \u201cWhy is that nonsense?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy didn\u2019t we hear a single thing about it last season?\u201d asked Hill.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause he wasn\u2019t a Pro Bowler then,\u201d said co-host and former Patriots tight end, Jermaine Wiggins.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, and he was just like a rookie kid and everyone was loving him up,\u201d said Volin. \u201cBut I think a lot of the issues have cropped up this offseason. I think he\u2019s been wondering why he was given the defensive coach and the special teams coordinator as his coach and the offensive scheme, like, that wasn\u2019t working. Just some of the body language stuff \u2026 I\u2019m not saying like Mac didn\u2019t put in the work or anything. I\u2019m just saying, it\u2019s good to be humbled.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good for a kid who went to a Tony prep school, and then Alabama and won the National Championship, and came to New England and went 10-7, everyone\u2019s calling him the greatest thing since sliced bread, it\u2019s probably O.K. for him to be humbled a little bit and to have to work to get back to his starting job.”<\/p>\n

“People need to chill out over this whole thing. There\u2019s definitely a lot of smoke there to the Mac Jones and him not vibing with the coaching staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Come to find out, it sounds like there may not have been quite as much smoke as Volin thought after all.<\/p>\n

It’s unfortunate that it happened given that, aside from his contrarian takes, he had done a decent job with his NFL coverage, and his Sunday Football Notes tend to have some interesting bits of information in them.<\/p>\n

But after this, it will definitely hurt his credibility moving forward.\u00a0 However, given his otherwise clean history, it sounds like the Globe opted not to hit him with any type of suspension or additional consequences, or at least none that have been reported.<\/p>\n

The bad news is he’ll likely be taking heat from readers on this for a long, long time.\u00a0 That being said, if John Tomase can survive the bombshell report he dropped in 2008 ahead of what was the biggest game in both franchise and NFL history for the Patriots (which obviously turned out to be false), Volin should be able to survive this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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