FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - SEPTEMBER 27: Head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
We don’t know every single name, but a number of New England Patriots players are absent from voluntary OTAs. It’s not surprising … but one aspect of it is.
It’s troubling enough that nobody really knows what’s going on with linebacker Dont’a Hightower, but fans learned on Thursday, via head coach Bill Belichick, of the attendance at OTAs, which led Ben Volin of the Boston Globe to suspect perhaps the Patriots are dealing with a thinner crew than the rest of the NFL.