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Nate Hairston Jersey , Mass. (AP) Julian Edelman has made peace with the fact he won’t be playing football for the first four weeks of the regular
season.
It won’t stop the veteran Patriots receiver from preparing like he will be on the field.
Edelman made several rounds of apologies to his team and fans following the four-game suspension handed down by the NFL for violating the league’s policy on
performance enhancers. Now he says he plans to use what’s left of training camp
to make sure his surgically repaired knee will be ready when he is able to
return. The 32-year-old receiver missed the entire 2017 season with a torn right
anterior cruciate ligament.
Working his way back has been a slow process that’s just beginning to pick up.
”It’s been a grind,” Edelman said Friday. ”You’re compounding day after day after day after day. … You’re always trying to go out and get better and I have
to do a lot better. I feel like I got to get my legs under me a lot more.”
Edelman will miss a home game against Houston, trips to Jacksonville and Detroit, plus a home game against Miami.
He will be eligible to return to the active roster Oct. 1, enabling him to make his 2018 debut Oct. 4 against Indianapolis.
Part of the urgency for Edelman is fueled by changes the receiving corps has undergone since the end of last season. It will certainly have a fresh look to
it when the season opens thanks to Edelman’s suspension, the free agency
departure of stalwart Danny Amendola and trade of Brandin Cooks to the Rams.
That is compounded even more with the uncertainty surrounding the status of Malcolm Mitchell
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It’s left openings for someone to earn playing time, and the list of candidates is long.
Among those in camp looking to make the roster are Chris Hogan, Phillip Dorsett, Kenny Britt, Cordarrelle Patterson and Braxton Berrios. Free agent Eric
Decker signed with the team Friday following the release of Jordan Matthews
earlier in the week.
Edelman said he is encouraged by the work so far from the group. He was particularly high on Patterson, a trade acquisition from Oakland.
”He’s a great guy to be around
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the unit, so I’m happy we got him. He’s going to contribute in a whole different
other way. He’s very versatile, and just from his track record I’m glad we have
him.”
Coach Bill Belichick also has been complimentary of the work Patterson has put in during camp.
”He has skills in offense and the kicking game in a number of different areas, return skills
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that. He understands his skill set and how it matches up against different types
of players.”
NOTES: Friday marked Tom Brady’s 41st birthday and the team gave him a celebration on par with the one for his 40th.
There was a balloon figure version of Brady and a giant No. 12 cake. There were also birthday cards set up outside the practice field entrance for fans to
sign. Fans serenaded the 19-year veteran with a rendition of ”Happy Birthday”
after he took the field.
His teammates also got in on the act.
Wide receiver Terrelle Pryor should probably keep his head on a swivel when the Jets share the practice field with Washington during training camp.
The two teams will have joint practices before an August preseason game and Washington linebacker Zach Brown said that it will provide him and his fellow
defensive players to do something they weren’t allowed to do when Pryor was
their teammate last year.
During an appearance on The Team 980, Brown said that coach Jay Gruden didn’t let defenders get physical with Pryor last year and noted that Gruden isn’t able
“to protect you anymore” while warning Pryor away from trying to make highlight
reel catches in practice sessions.
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hot for what he was doing last year. Try to one-hand something while you??e with
the Jets, you??e gonna catch a forearm.”
Pryor didn’t get in any work during OTAs or minicamp as he recovered from a surgery related to the ankle injury that brought his lone season in Washington
to an early end. He declared himself healthy?and ready to go for camp at the end
of last week, so it seems Brown and company are on track for their shot to take
shots at the wideout.
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