it is not as bad as i m not playing. kevin faulk s old teammate aaron hernandez is on trial for murder in massachusetts, but this new england retired patriot still has his back. sg i wanted to tell him that has somebody on his side that is praying for him. and not even two more murder charges in the so-called case changed faum s opinion of the player he knew. i get the question all of the time, do you think that your boy did it? i say no, because i don t want to think that he did it. faulk s friend is getting a solid defense inside of court, too. aaron hernandez is an innocent man. reporter: hernandez lawyers win a court battle to keep alexander bradley to keep from testifying that hernandez shot out his right eye, and they win
adding it was a recipe for disaster. and it was a recipe that included marijuana. hernandez was suspended at least once for using the drug. it s an issue that follows him when he enters the draft his junior year. tea spend a lot of time on background checks, hiring private investigators to be sure that this is somebody who will enter the nfl and stay out of trouble. former patriot running back kenneth faulk said the checks are thorough and intensive. how far back do they go? if you ve done something in middle school, they will go back and find somebody around that time and ask them. try to head off trouble before the draft, hernandez goes on the offensive writing a letter to the patriots director of personnel. if you draft me as a member of the new england patriots, he