Jason McCourty was part of the Patriots’ family section when his brother Devin McCourty Jerseys Stitched , Devin, lifted his first of three Vince Lombardi Trophies. Their mother, Phylis Harrell, encouraged Jason to touch the trophy. He refused since he wasn’t part of the team.鈥淚 pushed through the middle and my mom said, 鈥楾ouch it,鈥欌€?Jason said, via Ryan Dunleavy of nj.com. 鈥淚 said, Nah, I can鈥檛 touch this until I earn it. I got to touch that trophy [Sunday night].鈥滱fter eight seasons with the Titans http://www.patriotslockerroom.com/authentic-john-hannah-jersey , Jason McCourty spent last season in Cleveland. The Browns went 0-16. A year later, the defensive back celebrated as a first-time champion.“0-16 last year, Super Bowl champion this year,” Jason said, via NFL Media. “I couldn’t have thought this up, man. . . .I remember when I first came here to this team in April, there was a whole media spectacle that it wouldn’t be any fun here. It’s my third organization in my 10th season. I haven’t had more fun than this season.”The Browns traded McCourty and a seventh-rounder to New England for a sixth-rounder in the offseason.He made one of the biggest plays in Super Bowl LIII, too, running full speed to a wide-open Brandin Cooks in the end zone to break up a touchdown pass. It protected the Patriots 3-0 lead and was as close as the Rams came to scoring a touchdown. 鈥淥h White Julian Edelman Jerseys , my God. That was a tremendous effort and a great play on the ball,鈥?Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. “It looked like [Cooks] was going to fair catch the ball. McCourty came out of nowhere to make that play.鈥滿cCourty finished with five tackles and two pass breakups. If there was any question as to whether the Patriots would refuse to pay on Monday the first installment of receiver Antonio Brown‘s already-earned $9 million signing bonus, that question was resolved in the form of a single tweet from Brown.Brown’s impulsive, unfiltered Sunday morning tweetstorm (where have we seen those before?) included a misguided attempt to compare Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s misdemeanor solicitation charges with the accusation that Brown sexually assaulted and raped his former trainer. It was part of a what-about?-ism rant from Brown, who also cited the 2010 suspension of Ben Roethlisberger and past allegations against Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe, a Brown critic.The Patriots surely won’t be giving Brown the benefit of the doubt now, forcing him to file a grievance to obtain his $9 million signing bonus and the full balance of his $1 million base salary. Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that a grievance is indeed coming.It’s a no-lose proposition for the Patriots, since their worst-case scenario will be a ruling that requires them to pay what already was owed, without interest Julian Edelman Jerseys 2019 , liquidated damages, attorneys’ fees, or other disincentives to denying a player what his contract says he is owed.If, in the end, the Patriots are required to pay Brown, maybe they should take a page out of the Kramer-buying-calzones playbook and pay AB in change.