Devin McCourty jokes that Matthew Slater was ‘taking benefit’ of Patriots OTA punishment at Recreation 5

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The Patriots misplaced a pair of OTA periods after a rule violation.

Matthew Slater and Devin McCourty have been at Recreation 5. Picture by Chris Unger/Getty Photographs

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Former Patriot Devin McCourty and longtime Patriots particular groups ace Matthew Slater have been at TD Backyard for the Celtics’ Recreation 5 win towards Miami on Thursday night time.

McCourty joked that Slater had some further time on his fingers as a result of the Patriots have been docked a pair of organized staff actions periods earlier this week.

“Benefiting from Slate’s further days off LOL,” McCourty tweeted.

The Patriots have been scheduled to have an OTA session on Thursday earlier than the sport, however introduced that it was canceled.

In keeping with Greg Bedard of Boston Sports activities Journal, special teams coach Joe Judge directed Patriots gamers to be on the membership for longer than 4 hours, inflicting a rule violation.

Along with shedding two of their ten scheduled OTA periods, the Patriots have been fined $50,000.

Patriots quarterback Bailey Zappe additionally attended Recreation 5. He shook fingers with Christopher Mintz-Plasse, the actor who performed McLovin within the 2007 Judd Apatow movie “Superbad.”

The Celtics produced a wire-to-wire 110-97 win over Miami and can tackle the Warmth in Recreation 6 Saturday night time in Miami.

Originally posted 2023-05-26 16:36:16.