Last year, former Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett said teammates lost respect for quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo when he sat out a game with a shoulder injury in 2016, requiring the Patriots to turn to third-string quarterback Jacoby Brissett during Tom Brady‘s Deflategate suspension.
Julian Edelman is on Bennett’s side.
Edelman said on the I Am Athlete podcast that a lot of the players in the Patriots’ locker room questioned why Garoppolo couldn’t tough it out when his teammates needed him.
“Jacoby, he tore ligaments in his thumb in the win against [the Texans in Week 3].