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Yeah, but the Pats need him to be more than just a special teamer. The Pats had depth at WR issues last year. Luckily neither Welker or Branch got hurt. You can't count of Branch being healthy an entire season again. His history tells you he will miss games. Edelman needs to pick up the offensive part of his game because unlike last year, they may need him to step up and play a big role in the offense for a game or two.
The other thing to note about 2009 is that the Pats basically had dogs— at TE, and their base set for throwing the ball was a 3-WR set. Last year, though, with GRONKnandez on the field, they ran a heck of a lot of 2-WR sets, which didn't leave nearly as much room for Edelman to get on the field.