I had meant to post this gem from Volin from earlier this week:
But Brady and Belichick didn’t get the memo about showing a united front. All Brady had to do was bite his lip and show up for OTAs, but he purposely didn’t. All Belichick had to do was say some nice platitudes about Brady in his news conference, but he purposely said, “I’m not going to talk about the people that aren’t here.”
Two teams are already scrambling to replace impact players who are lost for the season after suffering torn ACLs in practice this past week. The biggest gut punch was the Chargers losing potential star tight end Hunter Henry, who has caught 12 TD passes over his first two seasons. The Chargers opted not to re-sign Antonio Gates because of Henry, who was expected to take on a full-time role for the first time. And the Eagles lost backup linebacker and special teams ace Paul Worrilow, who has started 52 games in five seasons and was going to be a key depth piece. These injuries illustrate why it’s hard to blame any veteran who chooses to stay away from voluntary OTAs.