I don't understand what you're trying to say here?
You are claiming that Edelman, who was put on IR in the 3rd week of November, is now just getting around to having a "clean-up" procedure on his foot which has been injured since last fall?
I would think that common sense would point to the trainers and Belichick choosing to have him get this procedure done a lot earlier. I don't see ANY way that they could have diagnosed a foot injury that they assumed would have a 4-6 month + recovery period, and are now just realizing that he needs a clean up procedure.
That's just my opinion though. I could very well be wrong just the same, but it sure seems like something happened to recently aggrevate/warrant having a 'clean up procedure.' Otherwise this would have been done awhile ago.