Going into the Week 8 game, Christian Barmore was suddenly absent for the entire first quarter.

When Barmore eventually took the field, he finished out the rest of the game, but Mike Vrabel’s silence on the details behind the decision left everyone guessing.

After the game, MassLive insider Mark Daniels confirmed on X that Christian Barmore declined all media requests and left the stadium without comment, providing no side of his own to what had happened.

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