Julian Edelman doesn’t need much to bring the memories rushing back from the Patriots’ dynasty years. A recently viral locker room clip from New England’s 37-31 overtime win over the Chiefs in the 2019 AFC Championship did the trick, and the former wideout said the video hit him almost immediately.
The footage, which has drawn more than seven million views, offers a rare look inside the Patriots’ world after the kind of win most people only ever saw from the outside. For a team that lived behind closed doors through the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era, it’s the kind of unscripted celebration fans almost never got to witness.
Edelman, now an NFL analyst for Fox Sports, talked about the clip during a recent segment and said he saw it for the first time in a production meeting.
“I saw it earlier in the production meeting for the show for the first time. That sparks awesome memories,” Edelman said regarding the 2019 video.
He then laid out what that moment meant from a player’s point of view.
“This moment that everyone’s getting to be a fly on the wall on is the moment all of us miss when we leave the game,” Edelman explained.
He pointed to the part of the clip where he’s hugging an excited Tom Brady and made it clear why the scene still lands.
“It’s that moment right there,” Edelman continued, pointing to a video clip of him hugging an elated Tom Brady. “A s*** visitor locker room, on the road, in a championship game, winning with the boys, there’s nothing like that feeling.”
New England went on to beat the Rams 13-3 in Super Bowl LIII, the final Super Bowl win of the Brady-Belichick run. Edelman said that championship run still sits in a special place.
“That was an absolute awesome win,” Edelman concluded. “I almost started crying.”
In other New England notes, the Red Sox beat the Guardians 1-0 on Wednesday and will meet again at Fenway Park tonight at 6:45 p.m. Legacy FC are headed to Seattle to face Reign FC tomorrow at 8:30 p.m., the Revolution visit Real Salt Lake on Saturday at 9:30 p.m., and the Patriots play the Jaguars in Jacksonville on Sunday at 1 p.m.
There was also a scare for Red Sox outfielder Ceddanne Rafaela, who returned from the injured list Wednesday after missing time since Sept. 3 with a right quad strain. He left his first game back after pulling up with a hamstring issue while running out a single in the second inning, but after the game he said it didn’t feel nearly as serious as the earlier injury.
Ceddanne Rafaela on exiting tonight's game in the 3rd:
"Not even close [to as severe as the quad injury]. I think it was just a cramp. Maybe, not hydrated enough… right now, it feels much better."
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And on this day in 2016, Rick Porcello punched out nine, gave up three runs in 6.1 innings and picked up his 22nd win of the year in a 6-4 Red Sox victory over the Rays. Porcello finished 22-4 with a 3.15 ERA and later won the American League Cy Young Award.
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