a well reasoned piece coming from all places, espn.com Second half of the article is a short bio on edelman's NFL career.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25927611/super-bowl-mvp-patriots-wide-receiver-julian-edelman-not-hall-famer-a-star-nfl-2018Quote:
The fact that Edelman's potential enshrinement is even a topic of discussion, at this stage of his career, should probably be cited by future historians as the perfect example of how short our attention spans grew to be in 2019. We are prisoners of the moment, and the moment is tricking us into making silly, unsupportable arguments.
Is Edelman one of the best postseason players of all time? Certainly, especially if you consider what a big role he played in Super Bowl wins for the Patriots against the Seahawks (he caught the decisive touchdown), the Falcons (he made a preposterous circus catch in the fourth quarter during New England's wild comeback) and the Rams (he was his team's only effective offensive player for much of the night). But you're leaning pretty heavily on the word "fame" if you think those moments should earn him a spot in Canton. This is not Kurt Warner, a player who was briefly the best at his position. Edelman has never made a Pro Bowl.
On top of that, any argument on Edelman's behalf seems to conveniently forget or ignore the fact that he was suspended the first four games of the 2018 season after testing positive for a banned substance in the offseason. Now, it's safe to assume that, after he missed the entire 2017 season with a torn ACL, any use of PEDs would have been an attempt to aid his recovery. But it's even safer to say that any Edelman candidacy, which is already statistically sketchy considering he's 248th all time in receiving yards (5,390) and 148th all time in catches (499), would be significantly hampered -- if not torpedoed -- by this elephant in the room.
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