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 | |
---|---|
Player | Avg |
Julian Edelman | 12.3 |
Devin Hester | 12.3 |
Dexter McCluster | 12.1 |
Ted Ginn | 11.2 |
Josh Cribbs | 11.1 |
Santana Moss | 10.8 |
Eddie Royal | 10.7 |
Danny Amendola | 10.5 |
Eric Weems | 10.4 |
Patrick Peterson | 10.3 |
Marcus Sherels | 10.3 |
Davone Bess | 10.2 |
Jacoby Jones | 10.2 |
Pacman Jones | 10.1 |
Leon Washington | 10.0 |
Wes Welker | 9.9 |
DeSean Jackson | 9.9 |
Brandon Tate | 9.8 |
Nate Burleson | 9.8 |
Javier Arenas | 9.7 |
Darius Reynaud | 9.7 |
Micheal Spurlock | 9.6 |
Antonio Brown | 9.5 |
Jim Leonhard | 9.3 |
Trindon Holliday | 9.3 |
Steve Smith | 9.3 |
Captain Munnerlyn | 9.0 |
Darren Sproles | 8.2 |
Charles Woodson | 8.1 |
Reggie Bush | 7.9 |
Chris Carr | 7.3 |
—Ian Allan