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Jordy McElroy

Former Patriots WR Julian Edelman could be eyeing an NFL return

Former New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman is beginning to get the itch again.

He finally feels healthy after spending over a year away from football, and the gears are starting to turn in regards to his decision to retire and ride off into the sunset in April 2021.

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Maybe, just maybe, there’s still some sunlight left in an NFL career for the 36-year-old Patriots legend. When asked by former teammate Chris Long about a possible comeback, Edelman didn’t rule out the possibility.

“…I feel extremely better than I did the last year-and-a-half of my career,” Edelman said, during an appearance on the Green Light podcast. “I don’t know if it’s fool’s gold just because I haven’t been compouding loadage. That’s why you get interested. So you kick it up a little bit here and there and you analyze. You don’t make decisions. And that’s what I’m doing.”

Hypothetically speaking, if Edelman did return, the Patriots or Tampa Bay Buccaneers would probably be the only possible destinations.

He’s been a Patriot for his entire career, but his longtime friend and former teammate, Tom Brady, just so happens to be the quarterback for the Bucs. Brady was able to lure tight end Rob Gronkowski out of retirement once to join him in Tampa.

Maybe he’d try to do the same with Edelman.

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