Former Patriots star Julian Edelman speaks out amid Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson drama

For much than a decade, Julian Edelman was coached by Bill Belichick. But, successful caller weeks, the erstwhile New England Patriots coach's accomplishments during his storied shot vocation person mostly taken a backmost spot to his romance with Jordon Hudson.

Hudson, Belichick's 24-year-old girlfriend, was accused of attempting to asseverate her power during the erstwhile NFL coach's sit-down with "CBS News Sunday Morning." The interrogation was portion of a promotional circuit for Belichick's caller book, "The Art of Winning: Lessons from My Life successful Football."

Amid the fallout, Edelman is encouraging his erstwhile manager to instrumentality to his no-nonsense, football-first persona.

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New England Patriots caput manager Bill Belichick celebrates with wide receiver Julian Edelman aft defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 successful overtime during Super Bowl LI astatine NRG Stadium successful Houston, Texas, connected Feb. 5, 2017. (Robert Deutsch-USA Today Sports)

"The No. 1 happening we utilized to speech astir each the clip successful New England was distractions. ‘Let’s not marque distractions. The game’s already arsenic hard arsenic it is. To hole for it, to play, to coach.’ And careless of what her relation is, Jordon, yeah, I thought helium got an unfair nationalist sentiment connected the full thing, due to the fact that that happens each the time," Edelman said during a caller quality connected FOX Sports' "The Herd with Colin Cowherd."

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Edelman spent his full NFL vocation with the Patriots, winning 3 Super Bowls on the way. He suffered a preseason ACL wounded successful 2017 up of New England's tally to Super Bowl LII. The crippled birthed the Eagles' infamous "Philly Special" instrumentality play.

Edelman argued that ongoing play creates a snowball effect, which helium believes yet leads to a distraction. 

Head manager Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots speaks to Julian Edelman during the AFC Championship crippled against the Broncos connected Jan. 24, 2016, successful Denver. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

"Anytime we bash behind-the-scenes this, that, you’ve got idiosyncratic that represents you, they’re gonna leap in. But present that it’s gained and it’s snowballed to what it’s go close now, wherever we’re talking astir it 3 weeks later, it’s go a distraction. That’s what we each deliberation close now. This is becoming a distraction. We gotta signifier what we preach here."

Cowherd took a much measured tone, suggesting that helium wanted to debar passing judgment.

"They’re some benefiting from this, her professionally and him somewhat professionally. So, I don’t similar to beryllium excessively judgey connected this stuff," Cowherd cautioned.

While Edelman seemed to hold with Cowherd's approach, helium besides highlighted however agelong Belichick's idiosyncratic beingness has remained a focal point.

"I dont either, but erstwhile again were talking astir this 3 weeks later… it’s connected this, it’s connected that," Edelman said. "It’s getting to a constituent wherever we gotta commencement worrying astir the ACC, (and Clemson coach) Dabo Swinney. We shouldn’t beryllium talking astir our girlfriend. And that’s however manager would accidental to us, truthful that’s the truth.

"When it comes down to moving a shot enactment and playing football, let’s marque the main happening the main thing."

Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson connected the reddish carpet earlier Super Bowl LIX NFL Honors astatine Saenger Theatre. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

During a caller variation of the "Dudes connected Dudes" podcast, Edelman asserted that galore of the radical who analyzed Belichick's concern lacked the due perspective.

"People are giving an unfair world of what’s going on," the retired NFL wide receiver said. "Because she was jumping into that speech during the interrogation conscionable similar immoderate PR idiosyncratic would leap successful erstwhile determination is an unnecessary question that (they) astir apt didn’t spell implicit successful the pre-production meeting."

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The viral interrogation was not the archetypal clip Hudson's evident engagement successful Belichick's vocation has faced headwinds. Critics spoke retired implicit her reported engagement successful North Carolina losing retired connected the accidental to beryllium featured connected HBO's "Hard Knocks." According to The Athletic, Hudson had an "instrumental role" successful HBO pulling the plug connected the imaginable accumulation of the UNC-focused docuseries.

The study besides noted that Hudson had asked to beryllium "heavily progressive with the project."

Belichick, 73, has been publically linked to Hudson since 2023. In a connection released aft the CBS interview, Belichick stated that helium met Hudson connected a formation successful 2021.

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