Patriots TE Claiming Team ‘Always Talks About Aaron Hernandez At Practice’ Is Pretty Freaky (TWEET)

After everything that had gone on with Aaron Hernandez, you’d think the New England Patriots would be a little more reluctant to mention his name around their building nowadays…

Not quite.

According to current Patriots tight end Stephen Anderson, the team seemingly can’t stop mentioning the convicted murderer’s name at practice.  In fact, they talk about him so much that Anderson decided to take a look at Hernandez’s game film in an attempt to improve his own game.

Tight end Stephen Anderson, who was promoted from the practice squad this week, said he’s incorporated aspects of Eric Ebron, Chris Herndon, Jordan Reed and even Aaron Hernandez into his game:

“I always hear about (Hernandez) in practice, so I definitely took a look at him.” pic.twitter.com/1OXVLGZY9F

— Zack Cox (@ZackCoxNESN) January 11, 2019

With the Patriots set to take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday, few probably expected Hernandez to be a topic of conversation in the New England locker room right now.

But here we are…