In one of Julian Edelman's first few seasons with the New England Patriots, he saw a side of his head coach he never wanted to see.
In a deleted scene from the "100% Julian Edelman" documentary, Edelman recalls one of his first encounters with Bill Belichick. It was an awkward one, to say the least.
The Pats wide receiver, who says he's spoken with Belichick "eight times" in 10 years, once got into a hot tub with Belichick and well... we'll let him tell the rest of the story...
I just so happen to walk by the hot tub, and coach is in the hot tub. Like, obviously I came in the room to go in the hot tub. But then we made eye contact, and my natural instinct was to turn around like I was going to leave.
But then I saw that he saw that I was in there, and then he got up and got out. And real, real big party foul by coach. I mean, we’re supposed to have shorts on. We’re supposed to have shorts. But I guess at 11 o’clock when you’re the GOAT of coaching, you go wherever you want, free ball.
So I had to hide my absolute face of terror after seeing what I saw and sit in the hot tub.
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Watch Edelman tell the whole story below:
It doesn't get much more awkward than that.
It's safe to say Edelman and Belichick have gotten past that moment. The two have enjoyed three Super Bowl titles together, one that included Edelman making one of the best catches in Super Bowl history, and another in which the 33-year-old earned MVP honors.
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