Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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An amazing player and an amazing individual.
What is incredible is that a sixth round draft choice, 199th over all, paired up with a seventh round draft choice 232nd overall to become one of the greatest quarterback/receiver combinations in the history of the NFL. Edelman will surely be missed but I am not surprised. He was very banged up over his career and you could see this coming. Thank you Julian for all the thrills.
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Edelman was exceptional
True, that it's all about the numbers. That's all tv commentators talk about and all they know which is why some of them are clueless about the game they are commenting on. |
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thanks for the background research on Edelman. Been seeing headlines & column titles about his retirement & wondered about him but not wondering enough to do the research. Your description s & comments are way better than Wikipedia! Appreciate your postings & knowledge.
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Must be a Patriot fan
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People forget how low rent the Pats were before Kraft bought the team. My favorite Foxboro Stadium/bad Pats team story is one where a guy goes Xmass shopping at the South Shore Plaza in Braintree the Saturday before the last game of the season. Pats had only won a few games that year. He takes his 2 tickets for Sundays game and leaves them on his windshield with a "2 free tickets" sign. He comes back from shopping and finds 4 tickets on his windshield. |
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Great Post! The last piece of a Great Dynasty
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Great point, and let’s not forget what a ferocious hitter he was when he played defense. He easily could have been an awesome defensive secondary player. I will never forget the play early in the Super Bowl against Seattle when TB12 threw an interception in the red zone and Jules took out the cornerback who intercepted the pass with one of the most ferocious tackles I have ever seen. If I remember correctly, he broke the guys arm, tore his ACL, and concussed him all on the same hit. Then for the rest of the game, Jules abused the guy who replaced the guy he took out.
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Over the many decades of being a Pats fan (now a Bucs - Brady fan also)...really got to appreciate some of the outstanding smaller players with huge "hearts/competitiveness", skills, talent and clutch performances. The guys for me on this list include Edelman, Troy Brown and Welker - they made watching football so much better.
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I wasn’t around those years playing
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I also saw them play at Harvard Stadium in the 1970 with Joe Kapp at quarterback. They went 2-12 that year and people were giving tickets away. A lot of people outside New England don't realize how bad and for how long the Patriots were bad. I think that's one of the reason that there is so much excitement over the winning teams of the 21st century. We were making up for 40 years of sucking.
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