Julian Edelman is the New England Patriots’ leading receiver, but his drops have still been a major issue.
The 34-year-old has a league-high 11 dropped passes this season and one of them led to a pick-six by the Kansas City Chiefs in a 26-10 loss. While down 19-10 with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, Edelman dropped the perfectly-placed pass by Jarrett Stidham and it landed right in Tyrann Mathieu’s hands for the touchdown.
Edelman joined WEEI’s ‘The Greg Hill Show’ and addressed the dropped passes that have plagued the Patriots this season.
“I think you have to be onto the next week,” he said, transcribed by WEEI. “That is not the first time I dropped a ball, probably won’t be the last. It’s football. That is how it goes. Sometimes you’re going to be hot, sometimes you’re not. … It’s something you have to fix. That is what we’re doing in practice. That is what I am trying to do all the time. Your job as a receiver is to get open and catch the ball.
“Let my team down a little bit last week and I am looking forward this week to go out and try and help them.”
Edelman has 18 receptions for 294 yards in four games so far this season. He’ll need to pick things up quickly if Cam Newton and the Patriots want a shot at Super Bowl contention.
