"The Patriot Way" has come under major scrutiny this offseason, from both inside and outside the organisation. Former players and opinionated opponents have jumped on the bandwagon started by Eagles tackle Lane Johnson following their Super Bowl win over the Pats back in February. Johnson has since repeatedly backed his opinion that players don't have fun in New England and that the organisation is a fear based one. A cryptic social media post from Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski following Danny Amendola's departure in free agency also alluded to the lack of fun had by the players, and Amendola himself revealed he left due to a lack of faith shown in him in the form of a pay rise. The reliable slot receiver detailed that it wasn't 'easy' to play for Belichick and that the five-time Super Bowl winning coach could be an 'a*****e' at times. Even left tackle Nate Solder spoke out on the 'cold' nature of the organisation following his move to the Giants. Now, it's former Pats DE Cassius Marsh taking shots at Belichick, former DC Matt Patricia, and 'the Patriot Way'. Marsh was in New England for the first nine games of the 2017 season before forcing his way out via release and being claimed by the 49ers off waivers in November. The 25-year-old seems happy with life in the Bay having signed a two-year, $7.7 million contract extension in February, and he's not holding back when describing his less-than-ideal tenure playing under Belichick. "They don't have fun there. There's nothing fun about it. There's nothing happy about it. I didn't enjoy any of my time there, you know what I'm saying?" Marsh told the San Francisco Chronicle's Eric Branch. "It made me for the first time in my life think about not playing football because I hated it that much."The former Seahawk was particularly unhappy with how he was used in Matt Patricia's defense, and rues the lack of pass rushing opportunities he was given despite that being the reason he was traded for. 

So much so, he reached a point of no return and confronted Belichick in order to force his way out of an untenable situation. 

"They asked me to do a bunch of stuff that I had never done: covering running backs and receivers and basically almost never rushing the passer, which is what I did in playing defensive line," Marsh said. "I confronted [Belichick] about all the things that were going on. I won't get into detail, but it was B.S. things they were doing. I just wasn't a fan. And so I, basically, without asking to get cut, I kind of asked to get cut."

Marsh is just the latest of a growing group to criticise the unrelenting, and evidently demoralising nature of the organisation in New England, but he's taking a lot more heat than other players have from Pats fans. 

Brutal.