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I believe there is a financial benefit to him retiring after a failed physical. The Patriots might have been doing him a solid.SuperHornet wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:05 pm Do-everything WR Julian Edelman has retired after failing his physical. This effectively kills recent speculation that Edelman might jump to TB to rejoin Brady and Gronk after the Patriots terminated his contract last week....
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Would he get that after being released? I could see it had he retired post-physical, pre-release....UNI88 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:15 pmI believe there is a financial benefit to him retiring after a failed physical. The Patriots might have been doing him a solid.SuperHornet wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:05 pm Do-everything WR Julian Edelman has retired after failing his physical. This effectively kills recent speculation that Edelman might jump to TB to rejoin Brady and Gronk after the Patriots terminated his contract last week....
https://sports.yahoo.com/patriots-relea ... 55768.html
SuperHornet wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:06 pmWould he get that after being released? I could see it had he retired post-physical, pre-release....
It's the way the Patriots terminated his contract that allows him to access that CBA benefit.SuperHornet wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:10 am OK, 88. I could see a CBA preventing a guy from getting screwed. Similar things have happened before, right?