Awesome stuff. Gotta love this one
6. Branch said watching receiver Julian Edelman "taking shots" ignited a fire within. "He's the guy that kind of jump started me to get going a little harder."
I feel like you can't watch Edelman give it everything he has putting his body on the line and not do the same.
7. Edelman on his unique career path: "There's a lot of guys that have that story on this team. You look at Rob Ninkovich; he was a long snapper and now he's a defensive end. Malcolm Butler, wasn't drafted. Tom Brady, sixth-round pick and he's won his fourth Super Bowl in six [attempts]. There's countless examples. Ryan Wendell, undrafted. Dan Connolly, undrafted. Sebastian Vollmer, some German that never played the sport until he was, like, 22. There's a bunch of those kind of stories, so I guess we're just a team of misfits."