Julian Edelman Brutally Honest Take on Former Patriots Teammate Going Viral

Tom Brady earned a four-game suspension following the Deflategate scandal. The New England Patriots had to come up with a solution. Jimmy Garoppolo was given a chance to lead the team to a win, but his shoulder injury was just too much. It was a tricky situation for the team and Julian Edelman added fuel to the fire with his viral comments.

The former Patriots wideout discussed the situation during his appearance on the I Am Athlete podcast.

“I mean, I don’t know we’re all football players here,” Edelman said of Garoppolo’s injury. “So we go into Week 4 and Jimmy was practicing and then decided not to play. Jacoby played with no ligaments in his thumb, which you can’t do that as a quarterback.

“A lot of guys got mad at it. I’m not going to lie, I got mad about it,” Edelman continued. “I sacrificed my body all day long. I was taking shots for this, numbing up that, ribs, broken ribs, shoulders, Grade 3 hanging on by limbs just to play. Yes, I can understand why Marty (Bennett) thinks like that.”

Julian Edelman is not the only one who went viral

Patriots players and fans talked about this situation on so many occasions. Bennett called out Garoppolo on the Double Coverage podcast.

“Bro, we lost two games (without Brady),” Bennett stated although the Patriots actually only lost one. “One of them was because Jimmy Garoppolo was being a (expletive). He quit before, decided not to play right before the game. Jacoby (Brissett) came out and played with a (expletive)-up thumb and played his heart out, but Jimmy was just being a (expletive) about it all.”

Garoppolo is in a difficult situation at the moment. The Patriots traded him to the San Francisco 49ers. He had a chance to make an impact and even led his team to the NFC Championship Round. The Niners didn’t have a chance to win the game and the Los Angeles Rams won the championship.

The Niners put Garoppolo in this situation. They selected a quarterback in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Want more? Lance worked out with starters in mandatory minicamp. That’s not all. The former Patriots QB is entering the final year of his deal.