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Missed meetings reportedly behind Berrian benching

Most of the speculation about Coach Leslie Frazier's reason for benching receiver Bernard Berrian focused on poor play or a Twitter dust-up with a state lawmaker. It turns out a failure to make it to team meetings may have been the real impetus.
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Most of the speculation about Coach Leslie Frazier's reason for benching receiver Bernard Berrian focused on poor play or a Twitter dust-up with a state lawmaker. It turns out a failure to make it to team meetings may have been the real impetus.

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