After Pats cut Edelman, receiver says he’s retired
BOSTON — For more than a decade Julian Edelman lived the ultimate NFL underdog story, going from undersized college quarterback to a favorite option of Tom Brady on three Patriots’ Super Bowlwinning teams.
He says he’ll leave the league after giving everything he had to the sport.
Citing a knee injury that cut his 2020 season short after just six games, Edelman announced Monday that he is retiring from the NFL after 11 seasons.
“Nothing in my career has ever come easy. And no surprise, this isn’t going to come easy either,” Edelman, 34,said fighting back tears in a video posted to Twitter. “I’ve always said I’m going to go until the wheels come off. And they finally have fallen off.“
Earlier in the day, the Patriots terminated the contract of the Super Bowl LIII MVP after the receiver failed a physical. It brings an abrupt end to the 11year New England tenure.
Browns are still chasing Clowney
The Cleveland Browns remain in active pursuit of defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, a person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press on Monday. The free agent visited the team last month and could be back there Wednesday for a physical.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
Clowney was the No. 1 overall pick by Houston in 2014 and has dealt with assorted injuries. He spent five seasons with the Texans, recording 29 sacks and making the Pro Bowl three times.
Ex-Chiefs coach charged in crash
Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid was charged with driving while intoxicated resulting in serious physical injury after a crash that left a 5-year-old girl critically injured.
The Jackson County prosecutor’s office said Reid’s blood alcohol content shortly after the Feb. 4 crash was 0.113, above the legal limit of .08.
A 5-year-old girl in the second car, Ariel Young, suffered a traumatic brain injury. She was released from the hospital April 2 but is unable to talk or walk and is being fed through a feeding tube.
Reid, the son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid, could be sentenced to up to seven years if he’s convicted. He surrendered to police and was released after posting $100,000 bond.
Darnold likes his Carolina home
When Sam Darnold came to the Jets as the No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 draft his goal was to spend the next 20 years in New York and win a lot of Super Bowls. That made being traded to Carolina after three non-playoff seasons difficult to accept.
But Darnold said his feelings began to change when he met Panthers owner David Tepper and some of the team’s coaches, and realizing that he’d have a chance to jumpstart a career in which he went 13-25 as a starter.
“You go from being unwanted and then all of a sudden the people in Carolina wanted me and traded for me,” Darnold said. “I was just so excited for a fresh start and new opportunities. … I’m very thrilled to get going.”