{"id":81438,"date":"2020-02-29T18:22:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T23:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=81438"},"modified":"2020-02-29T19:04:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T00:04:53","slug":"julian-edelman-tom-brady-coming-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2020\/02\/29\/julian-edelman-tom-brady-coming-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian Edelman Says Tom Brady Is &#8220;Coming Back&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, I <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2020\/02\/29\/tom-brady-free-agency-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote an article<\/a> about how nobody knows what\u00a0<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 going to do in free agency. I should have clarified that no <em>reporter<\/em> knows what Tom Brady is going to do in free agency. Brady and wide receiver\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> took in a basketball game Saturday night, and cameras caught Edelman saying &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ezlazar\/status\/1233880556334714885?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he&#8217;s coming back<\/a>&#8221; during the game. Brady proceeds to shake his head and mutter &#8220;this guy&#8221; under his breath.<\/p>\n<p>While Edelman could be lying or just optimistic, it&#8217;s worth noting these two have a storied relationship and one of the closest friendships in the league. If anyone knows what Brady plans on doing in March, it&#8217;s Edelman.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe\u2019s coming back, he\u2019s coming back&#8230;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Patriots<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vQPKponjxk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vQPKponjxk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Evan Lazar (@ezlazar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ezlazar\/status\/1233880556334714885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Julian Edelman on Tom Brady: &#8220;He&#8217;s Coming Back&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth repeating that Julian Edelman is not Tom Brady and doesn&#8217;t speak for him. Despite Edelman&#8217;s pronouncement, there is still a chance Brady finds a new home in free agency. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2020\/01\/07\/tom-brady-free-agent-team-fits\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as discussed several times<\/a>, Brady&#8217;s best fit remains in New England. According to multiple reports, Brady isn&#8217;t looking for a $30 million salary, but is instead looking for a multi-year contract to provide long-term security.<\/p>\n<p>Brady and the Patriots have yet to begin negotiations on a new contract, but that shouldn&#8217;t scare anyone. There is a proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement which, if approved, would have a dramatic effect on how the salary cap is structured.\u00a0<strong>Bill Belichick<\/strong> understandably wants to wait until the ratification of the new CBA to begin negotiations, as a new deal under the new rules could allow the Patriots to move some of Brady&#8217;s dead money down the line. The New Orleans Saints are doing essentially the same thing with\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BreeDr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Brees<\/a><\/strong>, and nobody expects him to leave in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Edelman remains under contract in New England, and he&#8217;ll obviously prefer to have his buddy under center. Last year, the former seventh-round pick played in all 16 games, recording 100 receptions for a career-high 1,117 yards and six touchdowns. While he didn&#8217;t earn a nod to the Pro Bowl, Edelman was one of the most valuable receivers in the league and played through rib, shoulder, and leg injuries in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"yaG1-4KnQG5SClBqDtZIfQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1197600585\" 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:'yaG1-4KnQG5SClBqDtZIfQ',sig:'LVWwMqGTymEbTg8NAYwxqyzS0TVULGlDNqn64mFmA6g=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1197600585',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>New England Patriots quarterback Julian Edelman said that free agent quarterback Tom Brady is &#8220;coming back&#8221; while at a basketball game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":81440,"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":[5,36],"tags":[61,666,38,40,1608,246,331],"class_list":["post-81438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriots","category-nfl-news","tag-football","tag-julian-edelman","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-free-agency","tag-nfl-news","tag-tom-brady"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81438","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=81438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}