As it turns out, an injury was not the cause of Patriots tailback Jonas Gray sitting out practice Friday.
Instead, we can file this one under lateness.
According to Mark Daniels of the Providence Journal, Gray was not on time for the Patriots’ workday on Friday. Thus, he didn’t take part in New England’s workout after being “sent home,” according to the Journal. How or whether this affects Gray’s playing time for Sunday’s matchup vs. Detroit remains to be seen.
Mike Reiss of ESPN.com reported that Gray’s phone battery is alleged to have run out, which prevented an alarm from going off.
Anyways, missed alarms happen. Even the old-school alarms weren’t failsafe.