It’s difficult to imagine a relationship where Tom Brady and Julian Edelman don’t troll each other.
Despite the fact that Brady’s in the league with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Edelman is starting his career as an NFL analyst — the two remain extremely close. During ESPN’s ManningCast of the Monday Night Football with the Buccaneers and New York Giants, Edelman did an impression of Brady and Rob Gronkowski.
Brady reacted to Edelman’s impression on his SiriusXM podcast “Let’s Go! With Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray.”
“It’s so funny,” Brady said, transcribed by WEEI. “And you know what? I think he’s right on! Usually I tell Julian to stick to his day job with something like this. I don’t even think he has a day job, though. He was pretty right on with that conversation. He’s always mimicked me pretty well, mimicked Gronk pretty well, mimicked [Bill] Belichick pretty well over the years and now that he’s got a platform to do it? He’s doing a good job of it.”
Brady came back with a quick, but hilarious, jab at Edelman.
“He basically pretended to be Wes Welker his whole career so what can’t he do?” Brady said.
Edelman and Welker were two of the most important offensive weapons in the New England Patriots’ 20-year run with Tom Brady.
Welker’s run with the Patriots began in 2007 and Edelman was slowly phased into the role after being drafted in 2009 — which he took over entirely in 2013. Welker finished his Patriots career with 672 catches for 7,459 yards and 37 touchdowns while Edelman had 620 receptions for 6,822 yards and 77 touchdowns.
It’s hard to argue that Edelman didn’t follow Welker’s footsteps very closely with his NFL career — so, Brady isn’t necessarily wrong.
