(09-25-2019, 07:47 PM)knarnn Wrote: It’s pretty common for teams to give players a day or two off for the birth of their child/attend funerals for a close family member etc. It’s not common to give player extended absences during the season to deal with such matters. That last line in the teams statement concerns me. If he misses Sunday and isn’t here Monday morning I’ll be a bit ticked.

Remember he took time away from the team in 2018 for the birth of his first child, granted that was during training camp though.

https://twitter.com/phillip_heilman/stat...9147866117

Maybe he plays Sunday, maybe he doesn't. But I'll agree that if he's away from the team for going on 2 weeks or longer, that'll be cause for concern.

2 Patriots players have already missed games this season due to births of their childs.

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