FOXBORO, Mass. — The Patriots didn’t have great attendance for their first day of mandatory minicamp.
Nine players were absent from Monday’s session, including receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and offensive tackle Trent Brown. Both players weren’t present during any of the open OTA practices over the last two weeks
Smith-Schuster reportedly still is nursing a knee injury from last season, whereas Brown planned to report to the facility but was unable to after his flight was canceled due to a rainstorm, according to Mark Daniels of MassLive. For now, we probably can eliminate the possibility of the veteran offensive tackle holding out over a contract issue.