Julian Edelman dropped several pipe bombs Monday morning on ESPN on-air talent that he felt was slighting the Patriots or hating on Tom Brady.
Edelman had particularly strong words for Trent Dilfer first on WEEI, blasting the quarterback guru.
“[Dilfer] sits there and analyzes everything, but he needs to go and watch the film, and he can’t say anything now because we’re world champions,” Edelman, who had nine catches for 109 yards and the game-winning touchdown, told WEEI Radio in Boston. “We’re coming back home to Boston with the Lombardi Trophy, and he can take that and put that in his clips.”
“It’s embarrassing of him. It’s ridiculous,” Edelman continued. “We do the Patriot Way here, and we don’t talk. We really do ignore noise and stuff, but Coach [Bill] Belichick put that clip on where he said, ‘We don’t have a shot. This team’s not good enough.’ ”
Edelman then set his sights on the great Steve Young. Young was great once he got the opportunity to start — he was no Montana — Edelman let him know.
“He’s just mad because he can’t be Joe Montana,” said Edelman, a native of northern California. “I love Steve Young to death, but he’s the biggest hypocrite of all. He just keeps crapping on us. I was a Niners fan growing up. I loved Joe Montana to death — he was my childhood hero. Steve Young’s just mad because he couldn’t get more than one [ring].”