LAST WORD

I’m not going down that road (of whether the suspension was fair). I served what I had to serve and I accept that. I know a lot of people were disappointed in me for it. I apologize. It’ll never happen again.”

Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, briefly addressing his four-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs at the start of the 2018 season and telling NBC Sports “people don’t know what happened.” The Super Bowl LIII MVP offered few details but said his family was “a strong corner behind me.”