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Edelman shouldn't have been playing late in the game....not sour grapes, for his safety


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Julian Edelman is one tough little SOB. I'll give him that. But late in the SB, it was clear that he wasn't right after getting blasted by Chancellor. How he so quickly cleared concussion protocol is beyond me. No, this isn't a conspiracy thread. Please don't take it as such. But in one post game presser, he called the Seahawks the "LA Seahawks", and the next day on Scott Van Pelt's ESPN Radio show....he sounded like a punch drunk boxer. Probably due to little to no sleep, and partying, but he wasn't right.

I admire a guy (still hate the Pats) who came from a small school in my alma mater's conference (Kent State, I went to Ball State) and has made it big in the NFL. But there is no way he should have been cleared to return to that game. Van Pelt made a pretty good argument on Tuesday about it, how the NFL is so concerned about concussions and brain injuries, but let a visibly concussed player back on the field.

This isn't a sour grapes thread. Not at all. Edelman is a tough guy for sure. But wow....just wow.

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