FOXBORO, Mass. — When Julian Edelman’s football career is over, and he could be relaxing and enjoying retirement, the New England Patriots wide receiver wants to be shot through the skies, not hanging out on the sideline.
“I want to be a human cannonball,” Edelman said Wednesday with a smirk.
Edelman, with his aggressive nature on punt returns and in picking up yards after the catch, kind of already is a human cannonball.
“It’s not my day job, though,” he said.
Edelman might want to consider a career in comedy. It’s much safer.
Edelman said he knows he doesn’t want to be a coach when his NFL career is over because he sees Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels put in “too much” work during the week.
“They’re here literally all day, all night, working for us and doing everything they can to put us in the right situation, the right play,” Edelman said. “They do their job. It’s their job.”
Edelman doesn’t even try to guess McDaniels’ game plan each week. He’s not a scientist, after all.
“(He’s) like a mad chemist back there, doing his magic,” Edelman said. “I don’t know what he’s doing, I’m just going to go with it.”
Edelman isn’t focusing on his next career as a daredevil just yet. The Patriots receiver, who has 22 catches for 194 yards and two carries for 21 yards this season, continues to work on his current craft.
“There’s an old saying: When you’re green, you grow, and when you’re ripe, you rot,” Edelman said. “I’m just trying to keep it green, boys.”
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