Comments on: Edelman won’t say if he’s working with Patriots’ defense

By: rc33

rc33 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:59:14 +0000

Five defensive backs on I.R. for the Patriots last season. That’s the reason Edelman was forced to play in the secondary.

By: descendency

descendency — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:37:57 +0000

Edelman only played DB last year because there were a ton of injuries in the defensive backfield and the Patriots may have overcut their roster by a DB.

I seriously doubt they have a fluke situation like that again.

By: truetrue85

truetrue85 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:02:42 +0000

Well, the Patriots made it all the way to the super bowl with Edelman at cornerback… so it obviously wasn’t that bad.

By: bennyb82

bennyb82 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:34:29 +0000

Smoke and mirrors. He is probably just preparing to become Welkers replacement because we all know the Pats arent giving him a long term deal, but some team out there will throw a lot of money towards Wes and he will probably take it.

By: eleventyeight

eleventyeight — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:20:04 +0000

I don’t know why more WR’s don’t try to switch to DB after they lose their ground as WR’s.

They already know offenses, and situational plays. And if they’re willing to tackle and a fraction of their old speed that should translate at least into a safety position, or a nickle back.

Is my supposition way off?

Look how Troy Brown did…

By: eleventyeight

eleventyeight — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:16:11 +0000

Oh, how nice that the great multi-culti world has intruded on this last vestige of American manhood!

Yay diversity!

By: atwatercrushesokoye

atwatercrushesokoye — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:29:26 +0000

I know the Pats value players that can do a lot of things but shouldn’t it be alarming to people if they aren’t able to find 5 defensive backs who are better than a two way receiver?

By: gammynomnom

gammynomnom — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:18:24 +0000

Glad he’s a white NE player, otherwise Im sure you guys would have reminded us he was arrested for groping a woman in a bar.

By: giantssb42champs

giantssb42champs — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:15:40 +0000

I’d say if Julian Edelman’s seeing any time at corner, the Pats have a lot more problems on defense than I thought.

By: geniusfan

geniusfan — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:13:39 +0000

Yeah the Ravens had success against Edelman but he actually wasn’t that bad against other teams he was a solid tackler and had good enough coverage most of the time.

Obviously in a perfect world the Patriots secondary can stay healthy and he won’t be needed at all but Edelman wasn’t as bad as some in the media (cough cough Cris Carter cough) made him out to be.