When the New England Patriots released defensive lineman Dominique Easley last week, reports started surfacing indicating that Easley was a “locker room cancer”. Anonymous sources from inside the Patriots’ locker room gave us the impression that the Patriots pretty much paid Easley to leave.
Why on earth did the Patriots release Easley?!
Well, defensive tackle Alan Branch, who knows a thing or two about locker room ecosystems having been in the league since 2007, disputes these reports. Here’s Branch speaking to the Boston Herald yesterday:
I definitely don’t think he’s a locker room cancer.