In contrast to Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman completed his NFL profession having performed for just one NFL workforce: the New England Patriots. That got here up throughout the primary episode of Edelman and Gronkowski’s “Dudes on Dudes” podcast.
The tight finish gave Edelman a good quantity of razzing throughout their premiere when he introduced up how Edelman did not comply with Brady and Gronkowski to Tampa after profitable three Tremendous Bowls collectively. Edelman had a reasonably comprehensible response: he was underneath contract, particularly a two-year, $18 million contract that ran by way of 2021.
Gronkowski nonetheless insisted Edelman might have loved an extended profession had he gone right down to Tampa and performed with Brady then Baker Mayfield, however Edelman firmly mentioned he needed to go down with the S.S. Invoice Belichick.
The complete trade:
Gronkowski: “I do know Tom known as you and was like, ‘Hey Jules, you need to come to the Buccaneers?’ And also you mentioned ‘No, I am a Patriot for all times.’ You have been too cool for us, so Baker although, nah, he is a dude’s dude. He mentioned, ‘I ain’t too cool for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers —”
Edelman: “I used to be underneath contract, Rob.”
Gronkowski: “It is a resurgence of my profession, which might have been a resurgence of your profession, Jules. Should you got here down, you’d in all probability nonetheless be enjoying with this man should you went to the Bucs.”
Edelman: “I needed to go down with the ship, buddy. I needed to go down with the goddamn ship. Have you ever seen ‘Titanic,’ the outdated captain? You recognize the violin man?”
All in all, it is about as severe an trade as you’d count on from a Rob Gronkowski podcast. Not solely does Gronkowski ignore Edelman being legally obligated to play for the Patriots (although maybe he might have held out for a commerce), Gronkowski additionally leaves out that the now-38-year-old Edelman retired amid power knee woes. Mayfield in all probability would not have mounted that.
Edelman was agency about his dedication to the Patriots on the time as effectively, saying he is a “one-team man” when rumors began spreading once more. That did not cease Brady from joking that Edelman solely stayed as a result of he was afraid of Belichick.
