While some players outside the organization have suggested there’s “no fun there’’ with the Patriots, several players on the current roster disputed that notion on Thursday.
“I mean, to each his own. I don’t really have anything to say to them. I mean, guys here, I know – I mean, it’s not for everybody,’’ said linebacker Dont’a Hightower. “It’s definitely harder than most places, but I mean, that’s part of it. A lot of guys know that when they come here.
“But, I mean, in the locker room, it’s not Bill’s [Belichick] job to make this fun and this atmosphere fun; it’s the guys around it.