{"id":65524,"date":"2019-05-18T14:29:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T18:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=65524"},"modified":"2021-12-28T21:59:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T02:59:41","slug":"cbs-sports-tom-brady-julian-edelman-sony-michel-nfl-triplets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/05\/18\/cbs-sports-tom-brady-julian-edelman-sony-michel-nfl-triplets\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Sports Ranks Tom Brady, Sony Michel, Julian Edelman as NFL\u2019s Ninth-Best Triplets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL off-season is a long and grueling wind, as CBS Sports is passing the time by ranking the NFL\u2019s top \u201ctriplets\u201d. Despite losing superstar tight end <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> to retirement, the Patriots still earned one of the top spots in this exercise. According to Jared Durbin of CBS Sports, the New England Patriots trio of <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>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MichSo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sony Michel<\/a><\/strong>, and <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 the ninth-best grouping of triplets in the league<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tom Brady, Sony Michel, Julian Edelman Ranked NFL\u2019s Ninth-Best Triplets<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t come as too much of a surprise, and this ranking feels about right. Durbin slotted the Patriots just behind the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks and just ahead of the Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons. Durbin justified his ranking by saying that \u201c[t]he teams running back group gets a bit underrated here because Michel is clearly a runner while <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=WhitJa02,WhitJa20&amp;search=James+White&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James White<\/a><\/strong> is arguably the top passing-game option now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the Patriots had the highest ranking among all AFC East teams. The Jets trio of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DarnSa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Darnold<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/03\/13\/leveon-bell-signs-with-the-new-york-jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Le\u2019Veon Bell<\/a>, <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AndeRo04.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robby Anderson<\/a> <\/strong>came in 24<sup>th<\/sup> while the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins rank 31<sup>st<\/sup> and 32<sup>nd<\/sup>, respectively. CBS Sports is clearly low on the AFC East, as the Jets and the Bills both have the chance to outplay their rankings. That said, no matter how much they improve, it\u2019s hard to imagine any AFC East team challenging New England\u2019s spot on this list.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Brady is coming off arguably his weakest season in years, but he was still one of the best quarterbacks in the league. Appearing in all 16 games, Brady completed 65.8% of his passes for 4,355 yards, 29 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Edelman might have been the most important player on the 2018 Patriots. After missing the first four games of the season, Edelman returned to record 74 receptions for 850 yards and six touchdowns. He saved his best work for last, as Edelman recorded 26 receptions for 388 yards en route to winning Super Bowl LIII MVP honors.<\/p>\n<p>Sony Michel battled injury throughout his rookie season but was a great runner when on the field. Appearing in 13 games, Michel finished the year with 209 carries for 931 yards and six touchdowns. Michel added an additional 336 rushing yards and six touchdowns in the postseason, including the game-clinching touchdown in Super Bowl LIII.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"4RNBR-0jQL18BNy_Xr7LMQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1094139610\" 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:'4RNBR-0jQL18BNy_Xr7LMQ',sig:'e5SNPRfwU8jF-j13ucZMF7jjrfcwhzJf-XSb9Mcppiw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1094139610',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>CBS Sports ranked Tom Brady, Sony Michel, and Julian Edelman as the ninth-best &#8220;triplets&#8221; in the National Football League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":65525,"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":[54,5],"tags":[7394],"class_list":["post-65524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials","category-patriots","tag-new-england-patriots-news"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65524","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\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}