The New England Patriots are attending the White House today and there are 34 players present, with QB Tom Brady notably a last-second absence.
Follow our visit to @WhiteHouse on #Patriots Snapchat!
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) April 19, 2017
: patriots pic.twitter.com/S3W5tnCy2B
The following players did not attend, per NESN’s Doug Kyed: QB Tom Brady, RB LeGarrette Blount, RB Brandon Bolden, RB Dion Lewis, RB James White, RB Tyler Gaffney, WR Danny Amendola, WR Michael Floyrd, WR Devin Lucien, WR DeAndrew White, TE Martellus Bennett, TE Greg Scruggs, OG Shaq Mason, OT LaAdrian Waddle, OG Tre Jackson, OG Chris Barker, OG Jamil Douglas, OG Chase Farris, DT Alan Branch, DT Malcom Brown, DT Vincent Valentine, DT Woodrow Hamilton, DT Darius Kilgo, EDGE Chris Long, LB Dont’a Hightower, LB Jonathan Freeny, LB Trevor Bates, CB Malcolm Butler, CB Logan Ryan, CB Cyrus Jones, FS Devin McCourty, SS Patrick Chung, FS Duron Harmon, and P Ryan Allen.
The running back and defensive tackle depth charts are noticeably absent.
TE Rob Gronkowski was on site and made a surprise appearance at a press conference held by White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
GRONK just crashed Spicer's briefing @RobGronkowski @Patriots pic.twitter.com/cJs6qOzavA
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) April 19, 2017
Gronkowski asks Spicer, “Need some help?”, which drew laughter from the crowd.
Special teams standout Brandon King posted a video from the White House, too.
Thank you so much @POTUS and @WhiteHouse for an incredible day and the tour of the different rooms pic.twitter.com/4MqzROONoL
— Sebastian Vollmer (@SebVollmer) April 19, 2017
Malcolm Mitchell on what it was like to hear the President say his name pic.twitter.com/yd5gVDOx6g
— Kevin Duffy (@KevinRDuffy) April 19, 2017
Navy man Joe Cardona here and chatting with reporters. Says it's his third time visiting the White House. Thankful to be back. pic.twitter.com/66fLGfCFG7
— Phil Perry (@PhilAPerry) April 19, 2017
Trump presented with a No. 45 Patriots jersey. Didn't think I'd be thinking about Otis Smith today. pic.twitter.com/1cy8FvS64r
— Phil Perry (@PhilAPerry) April 19, 2017
"All black to the White shows(house)" @S_C_ pic.twitter.com/xbIHWJw6S3
— Jacoby Brissett (@JBrissett12) April 19, 2017
G Wash and I in the White House! pic.twitter.com/0pualVkYog
— Kyle Van Noy (@KVN_03) April 20, 2017
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