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If jokes about receding hairlines are any indication, Julian Edelman isn’t a fan of anyone who says the Patriots should trade him away. A week after FS1’s Nick Wright suggested on his show, “First Things First,” that the Patriots could use “Julian bleeping Edelman” in a trade for the Lions’ No. 3 pick, the wide …
If jokes about receding hairlines are any indication, Julian Edelman isn’t a fan of anyone who says the Patriots should trade him away.
A week after FS1’s Nick Wright suggested on his show, “First Things First,” that the Patriots could use “Julian bleeping Edelman” in a trade for the Lions’ No. 3 pick, the wide receiver clapped back with a simple takedown.
“Nice hairline bro,” Edelman tweeted back at Wright early Saturday morning.
Wright’s outlandish trade scenario had the Patriots trading up to land Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who would then replace Edelman’s good friend Tom Brady.
“If [Lions general manager] Bob Quinn and [coach] Matt Patricia gift Tua Tagovailoa to the New England Patriots and Bill Belichick for the 23rd pick, a third-round pick and Julian bleeping Edelman, I’m out,” Wright said. “I don’t know if I’ll be able to watch this sport again because I can’t deal with the idea of it.”
It wasn’t the first time this offseason that Edelman had been connected to an unsubstantiated trade idea. After Brady agreed to sign a two-year, fully guaranteed $50 million contract with the Buccaneers, Edelman “liked” a tweet from Deion Sanders that wondered if his favorite target could go with him.
“If @TomBrady goes to the @Buccaneers can @Edelman11 go to?” the Hall of Famer and CBS/NFL Network analyst wrote. “That’s like Jordan without @ScottiePippen, peanut butter without jelly and Ice Tea without Sugar. #Truth”
Edelman, who turns 34 next month, finished the 2019 season with 100 receptions for 1,117 yards.
