In what is a new-look offseason for the New England Patriots offense, Cam Newton and Julian Edelman have managed to get acquainted.
In his press conference on Friday, Patriots quarterback Cam Newton described his first conversation with wide receiver Julian Edelman. Apparently, Edelman told Newton that the New England offense was rather difficult.
Drafted in 2009, the wide receiver certainly knows quite a bit about the Patriots offense. As Newton gets set to enter a quarterback a battle with Jarrett Stidham and Brian Hoyer, Edelman’s knowledge of the system may help the former Carolina Panthers star in the long run as he tries to separate himself from the rest of the pack.
“We were both excited just to be on the phone with each other,” Newton told reporters Friday, per NBC Sports Boston. “Then all of a sudden he just said, ‘Hey, bro, this (expletive) is calculus.’
“He said it and it was just funny. From that whole 15-minute conversation, that’s the only thing that I just remembered: calculus.”
In what is a new-look year offensively for the Patriots, Edelman may be the glue that holds the offense together.
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