Not many people are seeing things the way Martellus Bennett portrayed them in his Instagram tirade against the Green Bay Packers last week.

Add former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason to the list.

“I think Martellus Bennett is living a lie,” Esiason said on the Toucher & Rich radio program. “It’s hashtag Fake News with this guy. He is basically all over the place with his opinions about what happened in Green Bay.”

Bennett claimed the Packers cut him because of the money and that team physician Patrick McKenzie tried to persuade him to play through his “major injury” over choosing surgery.

Many current Packers, including Aaron Rodgers and Jordy Nelson, immediately jumped to defend McKenzie and his staff.

Esiason isn’t buying it.

“[If] those two guys – and they’ve obviously dealt with a lot of injuries over the years – are going to basically speak on behalf of those doctors and trainers there, then whatever Martellus Bennett is saying is a flat-out lie.

[This] is all about Martellus Bennett getting away from the Green Bay Packers because they lost Aaron Rodgers (for the season because of injury). And let’s be honest. He wanted to go back to New England, he wants another chance at a ring, he wants to play with a Hall of Fame quarterback (Tom Brady), and he fit in seamlessly last night.

So while it’s smart by New England to pick up Martellus, I personally find it to be reprehensible that he acted this way towards the Green Bay Packers and now has found himself on a better team and a better situation. And it seems very selfish to me.”

For all of the whining about his injury and the Packers medical staff, Bennett didn’t have any problems passing his physical on Friday, then suiting up and playing for his new team on Sunday night. The guy didn’t even bother to protect his “major injury” with a shoulder harness.

Bennett caught three passes for 38 yards in his first game back for the Patriots on Sunday night in Denver.

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