{"id":2622,"date":"2024-11-13T22:15:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T22:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2024-11-13T22:15:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T22:15:20","slug":"breaking-news-patriots-kendrick-bourne-opens-up-after-tough-benching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=2622","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Patriots&#8217; Kendrick Bourne Opens Up After &#8216;Tough&#8217; Benching"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-1963830\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/11\/Kendrick-Bourne-Rhamondre-Stevenson-1.jpg\" alt=\"Patriots' Kendrick Bourne Opens Up After 'Tough' Benching\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Patriots made an odd decision prior to Sunday\u2019s win over the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n<p>New England decided to go at it without wide receiver Kendrick Bourne, who suited up for the contest but received zero snaps. It\u2019s a decision that has been questioned, but ultimately came without much of a fuss from the 29-year-old.<\/p>\n<p id=\"DMUOWTKFFZBVHHZEYPK66Y4BMQ\">\u201cThey\u2019re trying to get the young guys going. They kind of just told me through the week that I was going to be down,\u201d Bourne told MassLive\u2019s Mark Daniels on Wednesday. \u201cI looked at it internally. Not pointing a finger. I can play better. I look at my film. I look at myself. Honestly, I don\u2019t think it has anything to do with my knee. It\u2019s just I have to play better. The Jets game, I think about that \u2014 I have to make those plays. I can block better. I can do a lot of things better. Just look within as I evaluate myself.<\/p>\n<p id=\"YQK5J3FV3VAVRAOKQXHDMA3Y4I\">\u201cEven the Tennessee game, I had some good catches, but I can play better. That\u2019s kind of how I look at it. If I want to play, if they see something that I can\u2019t see, I have to go apply myself, so I\u2019m not in this situation. That\u2019s how I\u2019m approaching it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bourne handled the benching much better than one would anticipate, especially after a very similar situation was made public by teammate K.J. Osborn following a Week 7 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Patriots seem to have made the right choice when it came to which to bench, however, as the focus is now on how soon the veteran can get back into the fold.<\/p>\n<p id=\"HQHAWTM4XNH6HJYB3J25W6CKR4\">\u201cIt\u2019s tough,\u201d Bourne said. \u201cWe\u2019re winning, so that fixes everything. That\u2019s great to win. But it\u2019s tough. I\u2019ve had a great career. I\u2019ve built a good resume, so I know who I am. I know what I stand for. I\u2019ve always been a positive guy, so when things get tough and get rough, do I change? Do I become somebody else? That\u2019s not the approach I\u2019m going to take. I\u2019m going to be positive and look on the bright side. I\u2019m still here; I have an opportunity. I think it\u2019s going to come back around. I\u2019m staying prepared, practicing hard for my opportunity when it comes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bourne has eight catches on the season.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Patriots made an odd decision prior to Sunday&#8217;s win over the Chicago Bears, but it didn&#8217;t cause much of a fuss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS : Patriots&#039; Kendrick Bourne Opens Up After &#039;Tough&#039; Benching - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=2622\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS : Patriots&#039; 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