{"id":44385,"date":"2018-06-07T17:56:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T21:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=44385"},"modified":"2018-06-07T17:56:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T21:56:32","slug":"julian-edelman-facing-four-game-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/06\/07\/julian-edelman-facing-four-game-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian Edelman Facing Four-Game Suspension for PED Violation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, news broke that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New England Patriots<\/a>\u2019 wide receiver <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> is now facing a four-game suspension. The suspension stems from a\u00a0violation of the NFL\u2019s PED policy. Edelman, after missing the 2017 season due to a torn ACL, will reportedly appeal the suspension.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Julian Edelman facing suspension: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5nAjKuF07W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/5nAjKuF07W<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9TSGRRJlCt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/9TSGRRJlCt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1004782798908030978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Julian Edelman Reportedly Facing Four-Game Suspension for PED Use<\/h1>\n<p>The Patriots may be without the veteran slot-receiver for an extra four games come September. Edelman, following a torn ACL suffered in week 3 of the 2017 preseason, reportedly\u00a0violated the NFL&#8217;s PED policy. This violation, Edelman&#8217;s first of his career, is what many assume was an attempt to recover quicker from his injury. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/author\/jeff-howe\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Athletic&#8217;s<\/em> <strong>Jeff Howe<\/strong><\/a>, Edelman&#8217;s suspension is still in the NFL&#8217;s appeal process, with the official ruling coming after.<\/p>\n<p>Through his career with the Patriots, Edelman has accrued a stat line of 425 catches, 4,540 receiving yards, and 24 touchdown grabs. In his last regular season campaign, in 2016, Edelman caught 98 passes for a career-high 1,106 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Edelman projected to be fully healthy come mandatory minicamps this week after <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/martinez3507\/status\/968257764974845953?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">showing tremendous progress in his recovery<\/a>. For the Patriots, the time could not have been better. After an up-and-down offensive season and an off-season of turnover, there is nothing <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> would enjoy more than getting a consistent target back.<\/p>\n<p>However, Edelman\u2019s much-anticipated return to the field will have to wait four extra weeks. With Edelman sidelined, the Patriots now must turn to their <a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/05\/13\/resetting-the-new-england-patriots-wide-receiver-depth-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently-expanded wide receiver depth chart<\/a> to make up for his production.<\/p>\n<p>While Edelman is an irreplaceable cog in the New England machine, all hope is not lost. Under-the-radar names such as <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>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MattJo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Matthews<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong>Braxton Berrios<\/strong> are only some of the names looking to replace Edelman once the NFL regular season kicks off.<\/p>\n<p>Barring a successful appeal, Edelman is slated to return to the active lineup in a primetime week five matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"JNLXJvDFTn9r9i3dy6hwpw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/964547732\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" 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:'JNLXJvDFTn9r9i3dy6hwpw',sig:'u-Kxdf9k5TVJMM8Bo184G5YGst5SKTvmU1hf7iG_h5E=',w:'594px',h:'398px',items:'964547732',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>On Thursday, news broke that New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman is now facing a four-game suspension for violating the league&#8217;s PED policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2536,"featured_media":44397,"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":[3922,303,61,397,666,38,40,331],"class_list":["post-44385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-patriots","tag-braxton-berrios","tag-chris-hogan","tag-football","tag-jordan-matthews","tag-julian-edelman","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-tom-brady"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44385","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\/2536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}