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FanPostsFanShotsAbout the Site List of Patriots Twitter AccountsWrite For Pats Pulpit!New User Welcome and Commenting GuideCommunity GuidelinesMastheadTopics Patriots Off-Season CoveragePatriots Opinion/AnalysisPatriots NewsPatriots Draft CoverageSportfolio ManagementPatriots TE Ben Watson announces he’s suspended for the first 4 games of the 2019 seasonNew Chris Hogan Jerseys 2019 ,95comments...Sunday news dump?EDTShareTweetShareSharePatriots TE Ben Watson announces he’s suspended for the first 4 games of the 2019 seasonRobert Deutsch-USA TODAY SportsEditor’s note: any typos within may be attributed to Memorial Day Weekend activities and/or that part of everyone that sees news like this and their first reaction is OH COME ON, MAN.Author’s note: if you’d like to continue enjoying your Memorial Day weekend, maybe just save this one until Tuesday morning when you’re slogging through emails or thinking about skipping class.Patriots tight end and all-around good guy Ben Watson just dropped the news that he will spend the first four games of the 2019 NFL season...not on the field, because he’ll be suspended for testing positive for a banned substance.Rather than wait for the NFL to drop the news and make excuses later, Watson explained what went down on his Facebook page on Sunday, and it goes something like this:(We’ll just quote the whole thing, because if he thought it was important enough White Eric Rowe Jerseys , cherry-picking quotes seems like a disservice)The “in spite of the circumstances” part in particular jumps out; Belichick & co knew that Watson was staring down a suspension and decided it wasA) worth signing Ben anyway, andB) given that they signed Ben well after the draft was over, they’re OK going into the season with the tight end depth chart as it was before he signed.Also, according to NESN, Watson says he won’t appeal the suspension.We’ll update this post with more deets if/when they’re available. 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