The other Patriots conspiracy theory: LeGarrette Blount's scheme to reunite with Bill Belichick?

[KamaAina]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-other-patriots-conspiracy-theory--legarrett-blount-s-scheme-to-reunite-with-bill-belichick-233502306-nfl.html

It's not the big conspiracy theory that everyone is talking about. There are no footballs, equipment managers or surveillance tape. But it's still a question that New England Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount can't answer with a straight face.

Did Blount engineer his release from the Pittsburgh Steelers earlier this season because he knew the Patriots wanted him back? Did someone tell him he had a job waiting for him? Is this Super Bowl a reward for a twisted scheme?

On Tuesday, Blount repeatedly reacted to those questions with little more than Cheshire grins and half-hearted denials. One exchange in particular:...

It wasn't exactly convincing. And this is why there are those within the NFL community who continue to maintain that Blount's self-induced meltdown and subsequent banishment from Pittsburgh was orchestrated toward a pre-determined end: Get out of Pittsburgh, slide back into New England. Correct a free-agent mistake that never should have been made in the first place.

[chelsea0011]

1. Sure. And the Pats knew all along that no one would put a claim on Blount because

the fix was in with all the owners to let the Pats get him.

[KamaAina]

2. Because all the owners love the Pats so much.

Especially the Ravens.

[hughee99]

3. I read the article twice, and not once did the term "waivers" come up.

To read the article, you'd think he walked out of the Steelers facility and flew to New England to sign a contract. I can only speculate that perhaps the writer's intention was to push a certain viewpoint. 31 teams had a chance to claim him (excluding, of course, Pittsburgh), and not a single one put in a claim, even if only to block him from going to New England.

This conspiracy is a tough sell.