Julian Edelman was, in many ways, the ultimate Patriot.
Over the course of his 12-year career he embodied that which Bill Belichick has long wanted his program to be about: toughness, versatility and championship-level performance in championship moments. Now he's retiring as a Patriot and Belichick has dubbed him "the ultimate competitor."
Of course, the championship moments are the ones that will be remembered most vividly. But they don't tell the entire story of Edelman's career and his remarkable rise to stardom. There were countless other snapshots in time -- in some cases, more mundane snapshots in time -- that helped define his Patriots tenure.
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Phil Perry takes a look at 10 of them here.
Ten quintessential Julian Edelman moments that define his Patriots legacy