Tight end Rob Gronkowski was back on the field Saturday
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Tom Brady was also on the field, gripping a football without a glove on his right hand. Brady required stitches in his throwing hand and thumb after an
injury in practice last week. The quarterback missed parts of practices leading
to the AFC title game but was able to play.
Gronkowski and defensive lineman Deatrich Wise were in uniform and participated in the team stretching period that is open to reporters. Both
missed two practices this week while progressing through the NFL’s concussion
protocol.
The team is not required to release another injury report until Wednesday. The Patriots are to leave for Minneapolis on Sunday. They face the Philadelphia
Eagles on Feb. 4.
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AP NFL website: >(NEW YORK) — The military group American Veterans (AMVETS) says the NFL has rejected its full-page Super Bowl program ad that
contained the hashtag “#PleaseStand.” The ad, with the picture a color guard
holding the American flag, also included a call to donate $20 to AMVETS.The ad
jumps right into the controversy surrounding NFL players kneeling during the
National Anthem, originally stoked by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin
Kaepernick prior to last season and recharged after inflammatory comments by
President Donald Trump last September.In a letter sent to NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell on Monday
Kyle Long Bears Jersey , AMVETS National Commander Marion Polk wrote that “freedom of speech works both ways.” Polk goes on to say, “We respect the rights of those
who choose to protest,” but “imposing corporate censorship to deny those same
rights to those veterans who have secured it for all is reprehensible.”Goodell
said in a letter to teams in October that the NFL believes everyone should stand
for the anthem, but added, “We also care deeply about our players and respect
their opinions and concerns about critical social issues.”The NFL released a
statement on Monday
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commemorate and celebrate the game, players, teams, and the Super Bowl. It has
never been a place for advertising that could be considered by some as a
political statement,” NFL Vice President of Communications Brian McCarthy said
in the statement.McCarthy says AMVETS submitted the “Please Stand” ad (with no
hashtag) last Wednesday. McCarthy says the NFL approved other tag
lines
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into production without the AMVETS ad.McCarthy says the NFL delayed printing of
the program specifically to wait for a response. It was only after the program
had gone into production that the group asked to add the hashtag, he
said.McCarthy says the NFL will continue to salute service members during the
Super Bowl with “on-field moments that will be televised as part of the game.”In
the letter to the NFL commissioner, Polk writes that “veterans are good for more
than just military aircraft flyovers, photo opportunities during
halftime
Mike McGlinchey Youth Jersey , or props to sell camouflage-style NFL apparel.”Trump told people at a campaign rally in Alabama last September that
owners should say, “Get that son of a b—- off the field right now” if they
“disrespect the flag.” He returned to the topic multiple times on during the NFL
season, repeatedly criticizing players who kneeled and blaming declining NFL
ratings on the controversy.Copyright © 2018, ABC Radio. All rights
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