Albert Breer On NFL Network: "It's a Very Limiting Place"

Albert Breer joined MMQB from NFL Network. Ryan Glasspiegel reported one of his major sticking points was how aggressive he could be with his reporting.

Breer confirmed this to Toucher and Rich, calling the NFL Network a “very limiting place.”

"“I think the best way to put it is I’ve been there five-and-a-half years and it’s a very limiting place in a lot of different ways. The rules were one way when I got there, and they’re very, very different now. And there are a lot of stories that I haven’t been able to do that I will be able to do now.”"

Breer, formerly of the Boston Globe, told the program he had been (de facto) banned from covering the local New England Patriots.

"“It’s just, you’re taught for all these years to challenge people, and that’s your job and everything else. I think you guys got a first-hand look at what happened when I started challenging people. Over the last year-and-a-half, I don’t think that’s any secret,” Breer said of his absence at Patriots press conferences. “I don’t think they can stop me now. I don’t know. We’ll talk about all of that.”"

Breer said the ban “basically doubled” his travel burden.