Tuesday April 13th 2021
From quarterback to receiver
Injury forces Brady’s ex-weapon to end
For many years, quarterback Tom Brady and passport recipient Julian Edelman have been one of the best duos in the NFL. The football stars win the Super Bowl three times together. Brady then moves to Tampa Bay and Edelman is injured. The professional from the New England Patriots is now drawing conclusions from this.
Three-time Super Bowl champion Julian Edelman has announced the end of his career in the NFL. The team-mate of professional football player Jakob Johnson in the New England Patriots won the championship in the 2014, 2016 and 2018 seasons and is one of the most prominent ball receivers in the league. In the eleven years of his professional career, he did not play for any other team. He played his last game with a knee injury last October.
“Because of an injury last year, I’m making my retirement from football official. It was a tough decision, but the right decision for me and my family. I am honored and proud to be stepping down as a patriot,” said the Californian, who is in just over turns 35 one month old in a video clip on Twitter.
Edelman’s career is particularly noteworthy because he was still a quarterback in college and was only retrained as receiver after being signed by the Patriots. He caught 118 balls in the playoffs, only Jerry Rice comes up with more in the crucial phase of the season. After the Super Bowl win of the 2018 season against the Los Angeles Rams, he was named Most Valuable Player. In all three titles, Edelman had decisive scenes in the final.
This is one of the reasons why Edelman was one of the most important team-mates of quarterback star Tom Brady in his long patriot days, the receiver completed 41 passes from the superstar to touchdowns. “You’ve been as tough as you can get and I love you for everything you’ve done to make our teams the best it ever was,” wrote Brady, who now plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “You had so many teammates who admired your work ethic and will to win.”
Every now and then the Patriots used his training and Edelman threw the ball himself – twice for a touchdown. “That was the best twelve years of my life,” said Edelman. Trainer Bill Belichick recognized Edelman as “the ultimate competitor and it was an honor to train him”.
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