The last thing anybody wants to do on the occasion of a player’s retirement is to throw water on the barbecue when it comes to recalling his greatness. And in the case of now-former Patriots receiver Julian Edelman, there’s a lot to recall. Of all the receivers Tom Brady threw to, there were few Brady trusted more in the clutch than Edelman. And I can say that from a personal standpoint, I’ve never seen any football player work harder in the offseason than Edelman when I saw him at Travelle Gaines’ Los Angeles gym a decade ago, back when Edelman wasn’t yet what he became.
No, Julian Edelman is not a future Hall-of-Famer
