{"id":28388,"date":"2017-08-26T01:54:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T05:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=28388"},"modified":"2017-08-26T10:51:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T14:51:08","slug":"patriots-julian-edelman-torn-acl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/08\/26\/patriots-julian-edelman-torn-acl\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Patriots Fear Julian Edelman Tore ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England Patriots<\/a>\u00a0fans&#8217; worst nightmare may be coming true. Reports surfaced Friday evening that the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/E\/EdelJu00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julian Edelman<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0injury suffered against the Lions is feared to be a torn ACL. The receiver left the game in the first quarter and did not return.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Patriots suspect Julian Edelman tore his ACL, but do not definitely know, per source. MRI on Sunday to determine full extent of injury.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/901268875022671872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>New England Patriots Fear Julian Edelman Tore ACL<\/h2>\n<p>Edelman came out strong on the opening drive for the Patriots. The ninth-year quarterback-turned-receiver out of Kent State hauled in two consecutive passes for 34 yards. Edelman sustained the injury following his third catch, and subsequently left the field.<\/p>\n<p>The star receiver spent a short time in the medical tent and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/story\/0ap3000000834562\/article\/julian-edelman-knee-carted-to-locker-room-vs-lions\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">before the medical staff carted him to the locker room<\/a>. The Patriots came out on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/game?gameId=400951796\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">top against the Lions 30-28<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to multiple reports, the Patriots believe Edelman has suffered a torn ACL. He will undergo an MRI on Saturday to provide further clarity as to the extent of the injury.<\/p>\n<p>For the Patriots, an ACL tear would be a huge blow offensively. Despite their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2017\/08\/25\/patriots-wr-depth-chart-breakdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unprecedented depth<\/a> at the wide receiver position, Edelman&#8217;s chemistry with Patriots quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BradTo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Brady<\/a><\/strong> is not easy to mimic. The receiver has been the favorite target of the Brady, amassing 3,826 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns over the last four seasons. Despite <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GronRo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Gronkowski<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CookBr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandin Cooks<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HogaCh00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Hogan<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AmenDa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danny Amendola<\/a><\/strong> on hand, the Patriots will have some adjustments to make if Edelman misses the season.<\/p>\n<p>Cooks looks to be next in line to step in at the top spot if Edelman is forced to miss time. The Patriots still have an arsenal of weapons many NFL teams would die for. Nevertheless, losing their high-possession receiver is sure to be a blow to the team heading into this season. Outside of Gronkowski and Brady, an Edelman injury is the last thing Patriots&#8217; fans want to see.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"PNfe0L-JQPZLYlkRaqH8JA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/839233324\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'PNfe0L-JQPZLYlkRaqH8JA',sig:'zJhQ7ArpKgrh5Z-5RwFdJK20IeQajEpqYi11d484nJ0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'839233324',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New England Patriots fear that wide receiver Julian Edelman may have suffered a torn ACL in Friday&#8217;s preseason game against the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2234,"featured_media":28393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,5],"tags":[354,303,1499,61,666,38,40,400,331],"class_list":["post-28388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-patriots","tag-brandin-cooks","tag-chris-hogan","tag-danny-amendola","tag-football","tag-julian-edelman","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-rob-gronkowski","tag-tom-brady"],"modified_by":"Al Preziosi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}