BradyManny

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PatsFan2

@BradyManny: as it occurred to you that Julian Edelman is the First WR they have developed in a long line of Busts since Deion Brancha and David Givens? That almost a decade ago. I don't mind Edelman getting reps there its going to help us down the road. It's been a very long time between drinks since the Patriots developed a young WR. I am a big fan of his and think Edelman have some upside. With Heranandez gone for probably a while...he will have plenty of opportunities and he should had a little more Speed to our Offense as a WR.

Reckedtrek

If he's in over Welker, I want stats at least as good if not better than Welker's.

For the last 3 years JE's supporters have said the only reason he's not a star is because he has Welker in front of him. JE has looked okay, but he's no WW, at least so far. If JE is the Pats contingency plan for if/when WW leaves, the Pats will have weakened their offense considerably if all players skill sets remain consistent.

It sounds like an attack on JE. It's not. He's been pretty good so far, but over Welker?!

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Reckedtrek

Oh, and before I forget... Thank goodness we finally have a Julian Edelman thread on Patsfans!

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1960Pats

I simply cannot believe that Bill Belichick, the man who treats every game one game at a time and every season as a work in progress, is now playing a backup WR to prepare for the possibility of life without the top WR a season later. No way.

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BradyManny

Same here. This is the part that doesn't compute for me.

Since when does Belichick put next year's goals ahead of this year's.

What's more likely to me is that he sees a player with a lot of overall value in Edelman, and that's clear that he has that, and that has influenced his standing on the depth chart. Let's not forget we had Sam Aiken as our #2WR in 2009, when the man really didn't see the field as a WR before or since (he's out of the league now, I think).

What is unprecedented is that there is a more viable option available, that was not the case with Aiken.

BradyManny

Right. I'm not attacking Edelman either. I made clear I think he has a lot of value, and a lot to offer.

But I also think that in his fourth NFL season, he has not done enough to show he can play multiple WR positions in our offense and be productive.

His track record shows he is very productive in the slot and on designed plays, but very unproductive elsewhere.

DocHoliday

5/6, ~50 yards @ ~10 yards a catch isn't productive?

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KontradictioN

I'm not sure how the coaching staff wouldn't know what they have in Edelman... and why they'd risk regular season games in order to find out.

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BradyManny

He was on the field for 73 snaps, so, no, it was not extraordinarily productive.

And again, look at the track record. Productive in the slot and on designed plays; not productive when used elsewhere. Do you argue with this assessment?