The New England Patriots wide receiver decided to hang up his uniform after the Foxborough team cut him this afternoon after failing physical tests.
BY MIGUEL ENRUEZ
Gratitude to legends in sport is less and less appreciated. Great athletes who spend their entire careers on a team, despite the huge amounts of money from other places, the losing streaks or the little time they get to play, are species in danger of extinction and today one of them has decided to put an end to his career.
While it is true that Julian Edelman had been contemplating a possible retirement since last season, when his friend and quarterback, Tom Brady, left to play for the champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the step aside that the native of Redwood City, California.
The "Squirrel", as the now 34-year-old former player is also known, forged the dynasty that led the Patriots to be the most successful team in the NFL, as he participated in three of the six championships that the franchise from the north of the country maintains. Just in 2019, Edelman signed a two-season extension and m of 15 million dollars, now with his departure, the salary cap will have a cushion of 3.5 million for the blue and red.
In 2009 he began his adventure in the American football league, when he was recruited as quarterback of the Kent State University, however, he changed his position as he demonstrated his abilities as a receiver; the California native commented on his social networks that the decision to retire comes from thinking about his family and the injury that kept him away from the fields last season, the same one from which he