Julian Edelman Had Perfect Response To Targets Possibly Decreasing

Patriots receiver Julian Edelman is part of a really strong receiving group. He was a primary target for quarterback Tom Brady, but this changed with the arrival of Josh Gordon and Antonio Brown. Phillip Dorsett is growing big, too.

When asked about the decrease of his targets, Edelman had the perfect response.

“I think it is everyone buying into the process of improvement,” Edelman said, via WEEI.com. “That is what September is about. It’s about going out and learning your team and improving your team through practice and games. When you have guys who are unselfish and really buy into that, the best stat is the win stat. That is what I am looking forward to and that is what I look forward to doing, is trying to play your best game on Sunday and collect wins.”

Josh Gordon received similar question during the Patriots postgame press conference.

“When you are working with OB Tom Brady, he’s kind of a conductor. Do you defer to him or go back to the huddle and say, ‘You missed me. I was open?’”

“Tom sees it all. He sees it is all. Even if he throws it somewhere else, he’s like, ‘How was it back there?’ I was like, ‘It was alright.’ He’s like, ‘Yeah, I know. I saw you.’ (laughter) He knows. Just have faith and trust in (Offensive Coordinator) Coach (Josh) McDaniels and him and (Head) Coach (Bill) Belichick. Our time will come. As long as we continue to work hard, we’ll get a chance to make a play.”

Edelman is generally happy with the way his game developes. He was especially happy with the preseason.

“It was awesome,” Edelman said. “Anytime you go out and you get to compete with your team and get hit, that’s what you look forward to. That was then, and now we’re looking forward to the Pittsburgh Steelers and seeing what they’re gonna do. We did have a good amount of practice reps,” Edelman said. “You also take mental reps. Nothing comes easy, and any time you have to go out there and perform, you definitely have to had prepared well, and I think that’s what we’re trying to do.”