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Julian Edelman part 4

Career punt return leaders

I promise this will be the last post on Julian Edelman. I won’t mention his name again until August. Promise.

We all agree that he is a slow, clumsy journeyman with little playmaking ability. I don’t think anyone would argue that he offers very little in terms of after-the-catch skills.

But in fairness, I should point out that of the 31 active players with at least 75 career punt returns, Edelman has the highest average.

Reggie Bush and Darren Sproles have a lot more quickness and niftiness than Edelman, but they both average under 9 yards on punt returns. Despite his limited ability, Edelman is up at 12.3.

This speaks volumes, I guess, about the great blocking ability set up by the rest of the New England punt-return teams.

I guess.

CAREER PUNT RETURN LEADERS
PlayerAvg
Julian Edelman12.3
Devin Hester12.3
Dexter McCluster12.1
Ted Ginn11.2
Josh Cribbs11.1
Santana Moss10.8
Eddie Royal10.7
Danny Amendola10.5
Eric Weems10.4
Patrick Peterson10.3
Marcus Sherels10.3
Davone Bess 10.2
Jacoby Jones10.2
Pacman Jones 10.1
Leon Washington10.0
Wes Welker9.9
DeSean Jackson9.9
Brandon Tate9.8
Nate Burleson 9.8
Javier Arenas9.7
Darius Reynaud 9.7
Micheal Spurlock9.6
Antonio Brown 9.5
Jim Leonhard 9.3
Trindon Holliday9.3
Steve Smith9.3
Captain Munnerlyn9.0
Darren Sproles 8.2
Charles Woodson8.1
Reggie Bush 7.9
Chris Carr 7.3

—Ian Allan

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