Earlier this week the Packers, who have confirmed the commonly held belief that they fucking suck without Aaron Rodgers, released tight end Martellus Bennett after saying that he failed to disclose that he had a torn rotator cuff. By doing this Green Bay has set up a grievance to get back two-thirds of Bennett's signing bonus (worth $4.2 million) from the three-year deal he signed this past March.
Though he was claimed off waivers by New England just a day after being let go, Bennett still harbors some ill will towards his ex-team, and he aired that out in public on Friday via his Instagram story. Here's everything that he said on the matter (which has to do with either electing to have surgery or trying to play through his injury) as captured by BroBible:
“The Packers examined my shoulder March 10 and cleared it. They even gave me an x-ray as well. It got worse during the season, specifically against the Cowboys so I asked to have it checked and we checked it. After a few days of contemplating to play with it or get surgery, I chose surgery. Now here we are. They tried to f— over me. Dr. McKenzie trying to cover his own ass. After trying to persuade me to play [through] a major injury and me choosing to get surgery.
In addition to his IG story, Bennett also tossed up these tweets on Thursday night where he said he'll reveal the whole story some day (which might be this? It's hard to tell):
A number of now ex-teammates have suggested that Bennett quit on the team after Rodgers went down with a broken collarbone in Week 6 against the Vikings. And, while the Packers didn't officially comment on their former tight end's claims, wide receiver Jordy Nelson did offer up a defense of the team doctor that Bennett called out by name in his version of the events:
Like we said Bennett was picked up by the Patriots on Thursday. Somewhat confusingly (given his claims) he passed their physical, participated in limited practice on Friday, and is listed as questionable for their game this Sunday against the Broncos.
