FOXBOROUGH — The Patriots on Monday had their “bag day,” the solemn annual occasion when players put a cap on the season by showing up to work one more time for final meetings and to clear out their lockers.
That’s what second-year center Bryan Stork was doing when a crowd of reporters and cameras approached him. Stork isn’t especially friendly with the media, but on this day — with few players appearing in the locker room during the media’s 45-minute access period — Stork became a center of attention.
The ensuing exchange was truly performance art. Stork, rocking an impressive ginger horseshoe mustache, wasn’t very interested in talking about the Patriots’ Sunday AFC title game loss to the Broncos — or anything else, for that matter.
Here’s how it went:
Q. How do you sum up how the offensive line played [against the Broncos]?
A. I’m on to next year.
Q. A day later, has it sunk in?
A. I’m just on to next year.
Q. I know you’re on to next year, but how do you assess how this team played? You have to be proud of your teammates.
A. Right.
Q. How quickly did you move on to next year?
A. Just on to next year.
Q. Plane ride, locker room right after?
A. Whenever the game is over, you move on to next year.
Q. Is it hard because it doesn’t do you any good to look back?
A. You learn, but it’s good to move on. Go on to next year.
Q. What did you learn?
A. I learned things.
Q. Take pride in coming this far and making it to the AFC title game?
A. It’s never good enough. But we’re on to next year.
Q. Is there a sense of ‘What do I do now?’ now that the season is over?
A. I got things to do.
Q. How much time do you take off of football after the season is over?
A. Usually a couple weeks.
Q. Anything good going on the next couple months?
A. Yeah.
Q. Like what?
A. Things to do.
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