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Former New England Patriots wide receiver and current FOX Sports NFL analyst Julian Edelman stopped by “The Herd” on Wednesday as his hold team formally introduced one of his longtime teammates, Jerod Mayo, as Bill Belichick’s successor at head coach.
And Edelman also had a curious potential destination when speculating where Belichick, someone he knows better than most, might go next — the Philadelphia Eagles, if they do in fact fire head coach Nick Sirianni after a late-season collapse ended in a wild-card round loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Edelman listed three reasons why.
“One, they got some players,” Edelman said. “They players they need are on defense. That’s Bill’s forte. Two, location. It’s an East Coast team. He’s got family in New England, he’s got a life in New England. He’s got grandkids there. That’s a close trip. It’s hard to see him going to L.A., for instance.
“And three, the respect he has for Howie Roseman.”
According to Edelman, Belichick holds those who have beaten him repeatedly in high regard, and Roseman, the longtime Eagles general manager who assembled the roster that beat Belichick and Edelman’s Patriots in the Super Bowl in Feb. 2018, fits that description.
“Bill has a respect for people that do their job well,” Edelman said. “There’s a big mis-narrative out there that Bill doesn’t like to collaborate. I’ll tell you one thing, Bill loves anyone that can give him information, a scheme, an idea — and he’ll use it. But if you mess it up and it doesn’t work that one time, you’re done. So that’s kind of how Bill is.
“But with a guy like Roseman, he’s got a resume. And Bill can work with that. I don’t think Bill wants to go in and be the GM, but he’s going to want. … someone that he respects [in that role]. I think that would be a great fit for him.
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Publish date : 2024-01-18 00:43:54
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