The reason for the Patriots losing two days of voluntary organized team activities by the NFL has come to light, and it involves ex-Giants head coach Joe Judge.
After receiving the penalty from the league on Wednesday, additional details revealed that New England violated various offseason rules. Primarily, the infractions were centered around some internal scheduling errors and a few special teams meetings led by Judge, according to the Boston Herald’s Andrew Callahan.
The special teams meetings violated offseason rules because they lasted for over four hours, which is the NFL’s limit for meetings of this kind. A report regarding the situation obtained by BostonSportsJournal.com states that the meetings happened on three separate days and lasted around 15 minutes past the four-hour mark.
