'No player cares about your three-year plan': What an NFL insider said of derailment of Patriots' season
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"When the here and the now look kinda hopeless, sometimes this is what you get. It feels like they’re out of it this early in the season, and it feels like they’re playing for things like draft position and player development."
"It doesn’t surprise me to hear some of that stuff. I think there is a natural inclination for players to let go of the rope when the season starts to slip away, especially if you’re on a trip like that."
"No player cares about your three-year plan, right? They care about the here and the now. The timeline the Patriots had set up didn’t actually match up with the reality."
Read at Boston.com
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