Julian Edelman says he nearly left the Patriots over Danny Amendola signing
Julian Edelman is one of the defining players of the back half of the Tom Brady and Bill Belichick dynasty, winning three Super Bowls with the franchise and taking home Super Bowl LIII MVP honors.
But he nearly left New England before any of those championships and accolades, he admits in an upcoming episode of NFL Network’s Ahead of the 2013 season, Edelman—who had just 714 career receiving yards and four touchdowns in four seasons at the time—says he was hurt by the team’s decision to sign Danny Amendola, who filled a similar slot receiver role. Edelman felt he had earned the right to inherit the job vacated by Wes Welker and that Bill Belichick was bypassing him..
Edelman had just finished his rookie NFL deal, which paid out approximately $1.8 million over four years to the former seventh-round pick out of Kent State. With Amendola coming in, Edelman received a tempting offer from the Giants. But Edelman settled for a lesser one-year deal worth $765,000 with New England.
“Looking back on it, I had nothing,” Edelman said. “I [had done] nothing in the league. But as a kid, as a young guy, experiencing that for the first time, I was like, ‘[Expletive] Belichick. [Expletive] the Patriots. I hate everyone here. How are you going to do this to me?’ I took a visit to the
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