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FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | Cover-3: Wild-Card Edition
The rest of the article breaks down a few plays from the Texans game that illustrate Edelman's strengths and weaknesses, and how they differ from Welker's.
It also has a lot of good stuff about some Baltimore offensive lineman who haven't big-budget Hollywood blockbusters mad about their lives.
It's a great read. I highly recommend following the link above.
by Doug Farrar
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Julian Edelman -- Nawt just anuthah Welkah!
So, the first thing we should do before we discuss Julian Edelman, the former Kent State quarterback taken in the seventh round of this year's draft by the Patriots, is to dispense with the notion that he's a Wes Welker clone. Yeah ... short, white, slot receiver, blah blah blah. But when Welker went down with a season-ending knee injury early in the first quarter against the Texans, New England didn't have to trot out the "In Case of No Welker, Break Glass" case -- Edelman was outside the bunch formation on the play that took Welker out of the game. This is not a speed-impaired dink-route guy with no other options. He wasn't invited to the Combine, but the 3.91 20-yard shuttle he ran at his Pro Day would have beaten every receiver time in Indianapolis.
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The rest of the article breaks down a few plays from the Texans game that illustrate Edelman's strengths and weaknesses, and how they differ from Welker's.
It also has a lot of good stuff about some Baltimore offensive lineman who haven't big-budget Hollywood blockbusters mad about their lives.
It's a great read. I highly recommend following the link above.