Bryan Stork fails physical, canceling trade from New England to Washington

One of the low-key stranger stories of last week has taken another turn.

In case you’ve forgotten, since it came before Colin Kaepernick and Tony Romo: last Wednesday morning, news came that the New England Patriots were releasing center Bryan Stork, who started Super Bowl XLIX for the team as a rookie.

But once that news was out there, the Washington Redskins reached out to New England, seeing if the two could work out a trade without Stork hitting the waiver wire. And they did, for a conditional seventh-round 2017 draft pick.

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Not long after that, however, former Washington tight end Chris Cooley, who is now a radio broadcaster in the area, tweeted that Stork had decided to retire. But Washington convinced him not to, and by Friday, Stork was tweeting that he was “looking forward to making more memories” with his new team.

About that…

Cooley tweeted this Monday morning:

Stork has had several concussions, including one suffered earlier this month in training camp, though it is unclear whether that is what led to his failed physical.

And the tweet Stork posted saying he was looking forward to joining Washington appears to have been deleted.

So in the span of five days, Stork was nearly released, traded, considered retiring, decided not to, failed his physical, and now will likely be released by New England.