Patriots linebacker Adalius Thomas will reportedly be benched for Sunday's game against the Panthers. Thomas was sent home for being late to a team meeting this past week and then spoke out about the decision. He was one of four players sent home Wednesday by head coach Bill Belichick for being late to an 8 a.m. meeting. "That's one thing about Mother Nature, you can't control that. You can't run people over getting to work," Thomas said Thursday of Wednesday's snow storm. "There is nothing to really apologize about. I didn't try to be late. You leave home, you have people there, cars sitting in the road, you're sitting there, what do you do? It's not the Jetsons, I can't jump up and just fly. What the heck am I supposed to do?"