jmt57

Without much competition in Seattle, Edwards had 8 receptions for 74 yards this year.

Without much competition in San Francisco last year Edwards had 15 receptions for 181 yards.

I'm guessing that there is something wrong physically, and that's before we get into the concept of him picking up the mental aspects of the New England offense.

Bolden will be added to the roster soon as well. Who do folks suggest the Patriots cut to make way for Edwards and his lack of production?




No thank you.

ausbacker

If I were a betting man I'd say it's a combination of his play, his knee and his disparaging comments about the idiots running the Jets on Twitter (probably his finest work) the other day.

supafly

I think a lot of people underestimate the intelligence/football smarts factor that comes into the equation here with our complicated scheme and timing system.

That is precisely why many other good WRs around the league would not necessarily do well in N England.

We often see many good skills such as speed, size, strength, etc--but the actual truth of the matter is that Belichick is looking for something else too, due to some of the nuances of being able to succeed here in the system, and the way that everyone depends on each other to make the play work.

It's exactly the reason why we passed on Dez Bryant 3x over, and why many of the other WRs in the NFL probably aren't even considered here.

Braylon Edwards may be able to do okay in someone else's system, but I seriously doubt that he could pull this off here, and that is probably why Belichick would never even consider it.

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Danger Zone

Couldn't agree more.

I have a suspicion that people VASTLY underrate the intelligence and football smarts that goes into being a successful Patriot WR at least as long as Brady is the QB.

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patsinthesnow

He's 4th on the depth chart behind Rice, Tate, and Baldwin. He's been near useless this year too.

TinhWoodhead

I say do it. Look what Wayne and Garcon is doing right now......

Deus Irae

Bad knee
Bad hands

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Elijah

He's an ******* and on the decline. Sign the beast.

Joey007

I've hated this guy with a passion, but, considering our state at WR, let's try him out.

I mean, we signed Kellen Winslow earlier this season, right??

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Stevan Ridley. Bringing back the art of running the football back to New England since 2011.

lamafist

If we want a fast guy to drop passes downfield, we've got Matthew Slater for that.