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[Assaif] It's pretty straightforward...
...It's super straightforward.
-That's Kyler. -Hey, Kyler. How's it going?
You got a whole fucking production going on here.
[clap]
There is only one thing harder than reaching the top:
Staying there. Now look, nobody is born with greatness.
You gotta fight for it. Every single day.
This is the story of Julian Edelman.
Wait, what?
♪thumping rock beat♪
This is ab-- This is about Jules?
♪rolicking rock music♪
Didn't Brady already do this shit?
What the fuck is this?
Yeah. Who's-- Who's even paying for this?
♪♪♪
[announcer] Edelman to the... cuts it up inside.
Into the endzone.
-Did he make the catch? -He's got it!
-He did! At the 40. -You gotta be kidding me!
Bring the dog over here. This is a star.
You see? She ain't doing shit. She ain't saying shit
until it's time.
♪♪♪
She's not trying to play football, so I don't know
why Jules is trying to be in front of the camera.
[laughs]
♪♪♪
Alright. Just, guys, do me a favor.
Don't ask me to come to the premiere. Alright?
Is there -- There ain't even gonna be no fucking premiere.
Where you gonna -- Where you gonna view this shit?
Why are we clowning on my boy though? I love Jules.
[Julian] There's an old saying...
If you die doing something you love, it's not tragedy.
Now I didn't die...
But my kn-- my ACL did.
-Julian frickin' Edelman. -Let's go!
[narrator] Excuse me. Julian Francis Edelman,
is a wide receiver for the New England Patriots.
God, I hate the Patriots.
But Julian Edelman is a beast.
He grew up in the Bay Area in the 1990s.
You know, with all the computers and shit.
Meet the Edelmans.
This is Angie, the mom. She ran the house.
The kids, Jason, Nicki, and Julian.
And that's Frank, the dad. He's a mechanic.
What you gotta know about Frank is,
he didn't have a dad. So, he took being one,
really seriously.
Jules was raised playing a ton of sports,
and Frank was there coaching every minute of it.
Now you see, the Super Bowls, and the rings, and all that
stuff, and you think, "This guy's a natural."
But I am telling you, this guy should have been living in his
hometown, working in his father's garage.
This kid was tiny. Wasn't recruited after high school,
went to a junior college, also known as a community college.
He transferred to Kent State. Not exactly Michigan.
He's a short Jewish guy.
Somehow, gets drafted, late, by the New England Patriots.
Not as a quarterback, obviously.
He returned a couple of punts.
But he found a way to stick on the team and eventually worked
his way into being Tom Brady's #1 guy.
But that's just where this starts.
Look, this is an unlikely story. I-It's about fixing
what's broken. It's about family. It's about starting
at zero, and getting to 100.
And then doing it all over again.
[announcer] Welcome to downtown Detroit
and to Ford Field for this week number three preseason
matchup of the New England Patriots and the Detroit Lions.
Brady and a gun and an empty set.
He's got Gronk sliding right -- takes the shot,
good snap format... Edelman runs to the 20, sliding left to 15,
and he dives to the 13 yard line with a 1st down
for the Patriots.
-But he rolls over... -Oh, boy...
...and then he favors his right leg,
if not his right foot, limping to the far sideline.
Cross the linebacker's face.
I catch the ball, try to get vertical, make a cut,
and then all of a sudden...
[crack]
So, there's this thing in your knee and it's called
the anterior cruciate ligament, or the ACL
as everybody knows it. Now, I want you to think about it as
like a rubber band that keeps everything nice and tight
and ready to rock.
Now, you tear this bad boy, what happens?
Well, your leg is pretty much useless. Now, 20 years ago,
your career would be boom, done, over.
Today, not so much. Let's see.
Your doctor starts by grafting a piece of the patella tendon.
Then, they drill a hole in your femur and your tibia.
That sounds great. Now, they throw your new ACL in,
add a couple of screws, sew you back up,
and you're as good as new.
You know, except for, well, months of pain, recovery,
rehab, and learning to walk again. Besides that,
no big deal.
[Deion] Julian Edelman.
He has to be one of the best receivers in the NFL.
I'm not talking about statistics,
I'm talking about his game.
I mean physically, he's quick as a cat, which bugs me.
Nothing like trying to catch a guy who looks like
a water bug, you know, those bugs that sit on top of the
of the water, and they just, scatter around.
♪hold music♪
Lightning in a bottle. That's basically what he looks like
when he's running routes.
And he's almost impossible to stop. I mean he really is.
That's why their offense clicks when he's in the game.
He's always got the underdog mentality,
he's always pissed off at somebody.
I don't know. Until he has the courage to line up
across from me, I'm going to have to say he's a coward.
[laughs]
He is the epitome of the Patriot way. Hard-working man
who's out there achieving greatness one day at a time.
[announcer] It looks like he cut on it,
and it was actually not contact.
I thought, you know, he's tough, you know,
he's going to get up and shake it off
and still be in the -- in the game.
To watch him, go down,
and to see his face, I know what he's thinking.
I was just hoping it wasn't my ACL.
Um, you know, I was hoping maybe...
You know, something in the back of my knee.
Joker was going a thousand miles per hour,
probably a little too fast. You know, making a cut
that he doesn't really practice.
Old Jimbo looked at me and said, um...
"We gotta get an x-ray." And once he says that,
I mean, they know.
You know, later we got word that he had torn his --
-torn his ACL. -Julian Edelman currently
-being, uh -- carted off. -You know, you can get angry.
You get down 'cause you know you're not gonna...
...be in for the whole season. Um...
And then you just kinda... go back,
and sit in the locker room by yourself.
Everyone's trying to get your hopes up, but uh...
...You know, you feel lonely. You're in a lonely spot.
'Cause as much as everything they want to say,
all the things they tell you, it doesn't mean shit.
I just knew it was going to be a long fucking road.
♪quiet emotional music♪
[announcer] ...The latest news on Julian Edelman is
the team believes that Edelman has torn his ACL.
Now, the Patriots must move on without Julian Edelman.
You're taking away the #1 crutch for this quarterback.
Like Brady said, you gotta change
in a matter of one night.
We need to be different now. A lot of things have changed.
[mechanical buzzing and clattering]
[Frank] We knew it was season- ending the minute it happened.
He was upset and he was hurt.
I mean football players like to play football.
[drilling and clanking]
[Angie] Frank is very patient.
Nothing bothers him, he's easy going.
He's strict, but -- but very patient.
Frank was rough. Like, intense...
...um, scary.
Oh, I was terrified of him.
Everyone was terrified of Frank.
[Frank] This is my favorite thing in the world.
When, um, nobody expected Julian to do anything,
when he ended up going to Kent State, we went in
and beat Iowa, th-- the Iowa Cyclones,
the Iowa State Cyclones. We knocked them off.
You know, it was like tremendous. And then after
that victory, "Edelman among the nation's top players."
I mean, you know what I mean? How cool was that, when,
you know, uh -- it was just a cool thing for pops.
Uh, Julian's relationship with Frank has...
...has gone through a lot of different changes.
Well, they're the same person.
They're both nuts.
But that work ethic from my dad and just no excuses.
Just, you know, there is no excuses,
just get your stuff done.
If you have an excuse, that means
you're just not doing your work.
I used to get on this, top of this, and I'd throw the ball
and punt the ball, so I'd be as high as I could.
He just had such an unconventional approach
to things, but it was always about, you know,
how do I make you uncomfortable?
Tie the hands behind the back and make him catch six
footballs at once.
We did all sorts of things.
People think he was a hard -- hard on him,
but Jules loved it.
You know, I'm running back and forth and back and forth
in front of Julian and he's holding a basketball
with the goofy glasses that are blocked out
with duct tape.
He would have his back turned and I would be in his --
He -- he'd throw the ball up over his shoulder,
and I would be in his f-- you know,
either slapping at him, slapping at his hand,
or blocking his face.
Throwing a towel in his face right when my dad throws.
My dad's throwing the football as hard as he can.
He would push me and I would get so pissed off.
Jules starts yelling at him, "God-fucking-dammit, Dad!"
[laughs] He used to get so mad at me. [laughs]
We'd fight.
It was abusive.
Then we'd go home and do homework.
I mean, looking back, you're like, "Damn, that's a lot."
But, I wouldn't be where I'm at without it, so...
I appreciate the push.
Injuries suck.
-I mean, it stinks. -It was devastating.
It sucked, man, because, you know,
he was one of our best players.
They knew that they had lost
not just a quality football player,
but part of who they are as a team.
This is not a setback, this is a setup,
for me to make a comeback.
That's who Julian is, man.
♪echoing guitar♪
Life is not a perfect plan.
Y-- You're gonna have setbacks. And the key is,
how do you deal with adversity?
And there's only one way to deal with it.
You just --
you look at your options, what can, and what can't I do?
And you move forward.
[Julian] Going to the last doctor's appointment
before my surgery.
You still see the atrophy because
in the time that the knee was swollen
it doesn't allow your muscles to fire
so then it turns 'em off and they go dormant
for a little while.
So you can definitely see my right quad
is smaller than my left.
[doctor] Do you feel like that's normal now?
The extension? Pretty much.
[doctor] Well, I mean, [inaudible].
But make your quad strong.
Both sides.
Amazing how it atrophies though, huh?
You'll get it back. So you're gonna have pain
after the surgery.
It's always the toughest guys from the sport,
it's always the gladiators that make
the most post-operative phone calls. Okay?
We'll see where you -- where you lie in that.
So when we make the incision in front,
just on the side of it, there's about a 50% chance
you'll -- it'll be a little numb there.
-It could be forever for you. -Yeah.
Other injuries I've had, break a foot,
you go in and they drill on the thing two days later,
and you're in a boot for three weeks,
you're on crutches for six.
Then, you're in a regular shoe
trying to learn how to walk again after that.
This one, you kinda, alright, some walking around.
I'm doing stuff. I'm still being fit.
And then, uh, all of a sudden, you gotta...
...go to the hospital and...
...that's when it begins.
♪country western music♪
♪Tell me why she left me♪
♪I'll tell you why I cry♪
♪Tell you why I stayed around♪
♪Tell me why she lied♪
♪I'll tell why my heart's broken♪
♪Tell me why she said goodbye♪
♪Tell me why she left me♪
♪I'll tell you why I cry♪
♪You tell me♪
♪And I'll tell you♪
♪I'll tell you why I love her♪
♪Tell me why she said goodbye♪
♪Tell me why she left me♪
♪I'll tell you why I cry♪
♪♪♪
♪Tell me why I'm lonely♪
♪I'll tell why I'm alone♪
♪Tell you why I stayed around♪
♪Tell me why she's gone♪
♪I'll tell why my heart's broken♪
♪Tell me why she was untrue♪
♪Tell me why she left me♪
♪And I'll tell you why I'm blue♪
♪You tell me♪
♪And I'll tell you♪
Just wrapped up surgery.
On the 90, as we would say in California,
Add the T-H-E to the highway.
There's no pain because I have a nerve block
and that'll be wearing off within the next 18 to 24 hours,
which means Hell Day will start.
It's 26 of September.
Four weeks...
...3 days?
Since injury date.
I'll be back.
♪slow airy synths♪
♪♪♪
You feel great, 'cause the meds.
And you're starving, and you order Shake Shack,
and you just eat like complete shit...
...because you're sad. [laughs]
I don't know, that's what I did.
That's what I've done after, like, a few surgeries.
Shake Shack's my go-to for some reason.
♪chill electronic music♪
♪♪♪
It's tough being on IR. It's tough watching your teammates
go out there and play without you.
Somehow you gotta find a way to --
to do what's best health-wise for you.
Sometimes mentally, it's tougher than it is physically,
because you do doubt yourself.
♪♪♪
Because when it's hot, your brain, right?
begins to think that there's trauma here,
and so it's gonna send proteins
and things to try to heal it.
And it heals it and protects it by making it thick
with scar tissue. And that's what I don't want in here,
because you're going to lose your extension.
If that continues to get full,
you're gonna start to lose it.
And if it hardens like this, we are in a huge state of...
We just gotta suck it up, go day-by-day,
and every day, I get better, and we go out there
and play when it's our time.
♪old-school hip-hop♪
♪The bomb♪
[Julian] Bay Area in the 90s was awesome.
Will Clark, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice. Whole lotta neon.
Tight haircuts, great sun, mullets, of course.
Growing up in the Edelman household,
I would say it's different than other households.
Uh, Julian and Jason and me, we'd...
You know, a lot of sports, a lot of school, um...
...high expectations all the time.
We had a lot of rules in our house,
and they were all good rules, and it was, you know, strict,
it was fun, it was a little bit of both.
The best way I can explain it is...
...so you know when you're at football practice,
and the coach is putting in a new play for the week,
and you run it 40 times, and 39 of those times
you get told everything you did wrong?
That was growing up here.
We opened a business, and we bought our first home,
and we put our kids through good schools,
and we spent a lot of time with our children.
I mean it was like, I mean, we were a regular family.
My -- My parents were very tough. My -- They were strict.
My mom's like a real stern little German lady.
My dad's a, you know, trailer park dude that didn't have
a lot of supervision,
uh, had to learn everything on his own.
Didn't have that fatherly figure in his life.
-You're a monster. -[cries]
[Angie] Leave him alone!
Me, not having a dad and -- and having a working mom,
it was real important to me to make sure I spent
as much time with my kids and gave them the best opportunity
that they could to succeed in this world.
[indistinct chatter]
I'd go to work in the morning, come home at 5:30 or 6,
pick Julian up, and we'd go find either a baseball field,
a basketball court, or a football field,
and we'd go practice. And we did that every day.
[announcer] San Bruno Rams pee-wees
and the Redwood City 49er pee-wees.
These guys don't hit like pee-wees, that's for sure.
In motion is Dorch.
What a sack!
Julian Adelman...
...Edelman, rather, launched himself like a missile.
Football Frank is full 1998.
Raybans, Croakies in the back,
RC hat on front, fanny pack.
At that time, I was the President of Pop-Warner.
He was a high-strung guy.
I was studying, uh, football coaching.
32 little 12-year-olds
running around like it's the military.
We put together a -- a really good football team.
Bear-crawling a mile.
We chose to be very competitive.
Yelling up a storm.
-It was, uh, it was serious. -Kids are crying.
We were pretty involved.
I mean, it was -- it was a different time.
It was a different time. That -- that was football Frank.
-We won championships. -He looks to pass.
There's a receiver there.
Edelman! Who else?
A sixth touchdown for Julian Edelman.
It's the 49ers 39,
and the visiting San Bruno Rams, nothing.
♪cellos playing softly♪
[Frank] We've been playing football since he
was about two.
He, like, dominated everything up until about
the age of 11, and then he quit growing,
and everyone else continued to grow.
So all the other guys were able to get even with him.
They were able to get back at him a little bit.
In high school he was real little,
uh, and we struggled. High school was a struggle.
He'd come in the room and cry,
"Dad, when am I going to grow?"
And I said, "just be patient, buddy, just be patient."
The kid was 5-foot-tall, and he was like this little
badger that would badger these big lions and tigers and bears
just fighting.
And at the end of the junior year, he grew, like,
eight inches and gained 50 pounds.
When his senior year came, all hell broke loose.
♪trap hip-hop♪
♪Think a little birdie told me y'all been lost♪
♪Lackin' management In need of a boss♪
♪It ain't me, that's what I can't be♪
♪I open up and let that stain see♪
♪till he paint me This kinda rap♪
♪It really pains me They try to...♪
It's all gone, bro.
♪soft piano♪
You know, you have these injuries and now you have
to work even harder just to
keep up with the little tedious work that you do to keep
those things, um, protected,
and, uh, firing.
You just go back to the basics.
One day, you'll be better the next day,
you'll be better the next day.
There it is.
Oh, I found it, dawg.
You going two in a row there?
[Julian] You go back into competition mode, and two,
three days later you -- you're bending your knee, and then
a week later you're walking a little bit
when you're probably not supposed to, but you still do
just to kinda just do your own testing on it. And then,
you know, two weeks later, you're starting to exercise
as the swelling is starting to come down. And then it just --
you're getting progression here and there. And, you know,
every little thing that you feel new for the first time
in a good way is like a little...
...like a little jelly bean of confidence that you eat.
Ah!
-Did we get all of those? -Yeah.
[Julian] You got six in a row? [laughs]
The league has its own 99%.
The top 1% get the deals.
The contracts, endorsements, appearances,
cash money.
What do you think? You like this?
I love it. You need to be good on social media.
Find businesses that want to work with you,
and get your face out there any way you can.
Good players capitalize on the field,
smart players capitalize off it.
Welcome to Smoothie Time. I'm your host, Julian Edelman.
I'm Julian Edelman. I'm Julian Edelman,
and this is Burger Time.
♪Edelman, Edelman♪
♪Defense be like...♪
♪YAC collecting them♪
♪...Call Edelman♪
People are laughing at these because it's Julian Edelman.
And I was like, I take offense because I have to be
legitimately funny to get people to laugh.
You're talking to the marketeer of marketeers.
What do you mean? P-- [laughs]
Please, I put the "M" in marketing in the NFL.
To see someone who is still actively involved in the game
who will come up with an idea and have the focus,
I commend him. That's why I'm here, man.
I want to help him out.
♪I got my mojo...♪
I'm a little nervous. Strahan gets me nervous.
He gets me real nervous. Relentless!
Some of the success we've had on the field,
it's definitely created a lot of opportunity off the field.
You mind if I put my leg up here, bud?
Sorry, just got to get my extension back.
Written books, Flying High, and Flying High 2,
Relentless.
Helped start a production company
called Coast Productions. You know, we're doing
a documentary right here.
Hey, don't look.
[laughs]
[Danny] Danny is out of the office for today.
[Julian] Bro, we got a meeting going.
What are you guys doing? Cutting each other's hair?
He's come a long way. From long hair [indistinct]
to a-- a clean cut, Beckham-style soccer player.
I better see you on Good Morning Football.
Good Morning America Football . This is football!
Let's go! [cheering]
[Frank] When you run your own business,
you don't have time to go on vacation.
You don't go play. You work.
I heard that you could shoot the 3.
[man] I can shoot.
I just had my knee replaced, so...
Did you? So did I. [laughs]
I do all these businesses because
I have the opportunity to.
-Nice to meet you, man. -Nice to meet you, man.
How's it going? You guys filming?
-Yeah, is that cool? -Yeah, of course!
Julian fucking Edelman
on the "I Am Rapaport" stereo podcast.
Everything is always about football.
I mean, ultimately, that's -- that's why I have all
of these opportunities. I don't want to get a knock,
or a text from Bill because I ain't tryna be no distraction.
Coach Belichick would probably say something like,
you know, "We're not on the program of...
...making these kind of things right now.
You know, it's the National Football League.
This isn't Hollywood.
Ay-ay-ay.
[physical therapist] How does that feel right there?
[Julian] Good.
[Physical therapist] So this time, or even Monday,
just doing this right here.
He's a little bit of a drama queen.
[Julian] That shit hurts bro. I don't care what anyone says.
So right now he's getting the extension.
That's a huge part of the ACL rehabil--tation
If you get a stiff knee joint, like a stiff patella,
that's, like, big trouble.
You gotta let your body tell you if it's too much.
Then you just learn from that and
you push it, then once you start feeling signs of those
things again, that's when y-- you dial it back again.
But if you don't feel those things, then you know you can
push a little more.
We're not here to get this thing healthy,
we're here to get this thing back to what it was.
♪acoustic guitar picking♪
[electric knife whirring] [indistinct chatter]
It's weird, having Jules home for holidays.
Well, he was injured, so he was able to come home,
first time in I don't know how many years.
We haven't had him home s-- since I think maybe college?
Maybe not colle--? I don't even think college.
Maybe high school.
The whole family together for Thanksgiving was just great.
[Angie] This is all too cluttery for me.
We got -- Why do we got 25 waters?
I mean it was a pain.
There was a lot of people there, but we had a good time.
You know, you get to have your mom's cooking
that you grew up on, you get to see all the family,
and it -- it just puts you back into 1998.
My daughter Lily came up and I love to get to
spend some extra time with her.
I just love watching their interaction. The way she looks
at him, the way he looks at her. That reminds me
of his father with him.
He tries real hard to be a-- a good dad.
He's not in a -- in a great position.
But, uh...he, uh, he loves his little daughter.
He's gonna try to provide her with the same things
that I provided him and his brother and his sister.
[Frank] Oh, shit. There he goes.
The interesting thing about my family,
all my dad's brothers and sisters are deaf.
-Come on, Jules. -I know.
I can...
[indistinct chatter]
...only...
...s-- spell.
When you communicate with them, there's something
about it that just -- the connection,
and you almost want to cry every time.
Welcome to CSM.
♪staccato synth piano♪
[Tim] He wasn't a five-star guy, he wasn't a blue chip
recruited athlete.
He came to college of San Mateo, right?
You know -- you know, a physical, tough program.
But, you know, we're not USC.
Smell that? That's a junior college smell right there.
[man] Yea, smells like a locker room.
What, I was right here?
You know, nobody plays JC and does well.
Well, Jules did.
Jules is getting bigger. Jules is getting faster.
Jules is getting stronger.
You know, my little boy was starting to turn into
a young man.
I mean, they couldn't stop this kid.
[Julian] I always liked talking to the fellas.
Young kids that are chasing their dream,
chasing their scholarship.
Going the long way. Going the way I went.
-You guys doing crossbar? -Yeah, man.
Crossbar challenge?
[crowd] Oh!
[man] Hey, we gotta practice this more.
[laughter]
I like guys that just talk, they don't do.
There it is.
[man] Oh! [indistinct chatter]
It reminds me that your humble beginnings,
you know, that the road you took, and it makes you wanna
go out and -- and work even harder.
This is where Brady grew up, he grew up right over here
in San Mateo. We're in San Mateo now.
This is where it all started.
He always had that aura of -- of "Tom Brady."
You know, every day, you'd get --
he gave you that kind of motivation that a guy
from around here who went the long road,
you know, who always had to compete, always had to...
...you know, scratch and gnaw to get to where he -- he --
he got. You know?
An' it -- and it gave you that sense of hope that, you know,
it gave you that faith that you could do it.
He lived right down that street.
I hope we can -- I hope that we can get him in this.
Honestly, um, uh, I hope his schedule -- [laughs]
you know, the 14 things I did for all his things, and...
Anyway, I -- I just, you know, maybe we'll get a --
an appearance, a three-minute thing,
I don't know. We'll do it anywhere, Tom.
♪hold music♪
[announcer] Edelman out of the shotgun. Ohio on a blitz.
Edelman cuts it up the middle. Edelman spins away
from one tackler but gets to the... He's still on his feet!
Edelman at the 10, Edelman at the 15, Edelman at the 20,
Edelman at the 30, Edelman still on his feet!
Edelman knocked down at the 37 yard line.
You know, Julian had told me, he just said, "Coach,
the first division I school that believes in me,
I'm going to sign with them. That's where I'm going."
Nobody wanted him, for whatever reason.
I get it, because he was small. But,
they didn't know him.
Th-- They didn't know what kind of kid he was.
[announcer] Edelman in a shotgun. Edelman's gonna
throw. The blitz is coming. Edelman steps up and avoids
the rush. Edelman has a first down.
Edelman down the middle of the field!
Well, it turns out, Kent State came knocking at the door
looking for a quarterback.
A mid-major, 1 in 10 football program.
[Frank] So we said, "Hey, let's go to Ohio
and learn how to play in the cold weather."
And let's play quarterback, so we get the ball 60 times
in our hand, and we're going to be seen.
[announcer] Edelman fakes the handoff
and evades Caleb Bostic. Edelman throws it.
-That was kind of the game plan. -Edelman fakes the handoff.
Edelman under pressure. Edelman steps up
into the pocket. Edelman breaks to the outside.
Edelman to the 30. To the 25. To the 20. To the 15.
Edelman cuts it back inside to the five.
He drags a player into the endzone!
There was no doubt in his mind. He was gonna
make a name for himself.
[Frank] Next thing you know, Pro Day came, and...
...he did the three cone drill, and did it
in one of the fastest times in the country.
We suspected that maybe he could go be a punt returner
or maybe a -- a slot receiver.
[Julian] It was difficult to change positions.
But that's what I had to do.
Uh, I was willing to sacrifice anything...
... anything , to get into the league.
♪jazzy piano♪
♪I've got to believe in something♪
♪I've got to believe something true♪
♪But I can't believe in nothing♪
♪If I can't believe in you♪
♪My stars won't be shining for me♪
Get a couple selfies.
Memories.
[Frank] Lily is young.
Right now, she needs love and support, someone to change
her diaper and someone to feed her.
You gotta play the cards you're dealt.
You gotta make the best of it.
And I think Julian's gonna do that.
♪country western music♪
♪I've got livestock I've got livestock♪
♪I've got cows I've got pigs♪
♪I've got sheep I've got mules♪
♪I got all livestock♪
♪He started picking up a little bit of speed♪
♪Picking up a little bit of steam♪
[song speeds up]
♪He got on through he turned a look♪
♪Back to the man He said...♪
Ahh.
Fudge.
♪bluesy music♪
1960, the New England Patriots were founded as a member
of the American Football League. In 1985, they reached
their first Super Bowl and got the shit kicked out of them.
But they were up by three.
They were up three to nothing. Tony Franklin, huh?
With the barefoot kick. Right?
After years of mediocrity, Robert Kraft bought the team,
and traded for Bill Belichick.
A year later, they ot Tom Brady.
How the fuck is that not a strike?
You just -- you just want consistency. Right?
Anyways, a couple Super Bowls later, you know the rest, huh?
Five rings. More than anybody else.
Including whoever's on your fantasy team.
I never thought he had a chance. I didn't really
realize that after high school, that you go
to college, I understand that. He went to JC then he went
to Kent State, mid-America Conference.
After that, I thought it was over.
People ask me, say,
"Didn't you have a dream of Julian being
a professional athlete?" No, we didn't. Never once.
He always makes it. There's no...
That's -- that always -- It's inevitable.
The thought of him not playing in the NFL
never really crossed my mind.
With the 232nd pick, New England has selected
Julian Edelman, wide receiver from Kent State.
You know, changed my life.
Coach Belichick...
...is one of those kind of guys that...
"Let's work hard at practice, let's execute,
let's practice until we get it perfect."
And that's the same mindset that -- that I have.
Everybody can't play for New England.
Everybody can't play in a Tom Brady offense.
Everybody can't play for Bill Belichick.
But those guys that do, they excel.
♪hold music♪
I couldn't miss this.
[Julian] Tom throws with guys out in Los Angeles.
That's when I basically moved to L.A.
[Tom] There was a lot of Wes. Gronk would come,
Shane Vereen would come.
Our agent, I always remember our agent, Steve Dubin,
always being like, "Man, Julian's out there?"
Like, "If you ever need someone, you know,
give him a call."
[Julian] You're sitting there waiting and bugging my agents,
texting them, like, "Yo, is he gonna ever call?"
I was always like, "Yeah, you know, I'll give him a call."
I was out in L.A. for probably like a month,
then I got a phone call. [phone rings]
"Hey, babe. TB, here.
Just wanted to see if you wanted to get
some extra work in. Come to UCLA at, you know, 12 o'clock."
At like 9 o'clock that day. [laughs]
"Yeah, Tom. It's Saturday. Alright. I'm comin'."
Just got blacked out the night before. [laughs]
Jules was just, you know, he was always on-hand.
And I think he made himself available, you know,
whatever he had to do to get time with me and,
um, if I needed someone to work with, you know,
he was going to be the one.
[Julian] I left everything, got there an hour early.
I'm over there doing calisthenics,
running, getting lubed up.
It was a lot of conditioning for the receiver, you know,
because it's a lot of running. You know, it's --
it's easy for me to throw the ball 40 yards,
it's harder for someone to run 40 yards.
[Julian] He ended up running me into the ground. Almost died,
shot a lung out. [heavy breathing]
[Tom] He was almost like a -- a labrador receiver.
Just running, getting the ball, bringing it back,
you know, panting.
[laughs] I think he was testing me, honestly.
After that year, I told him, "Hey, I'm going to be
out there again." Then he called me a couple more times.
That time together, when I look back, was so, uh,
you know, great for the two of us. It's still...
Like I said, we developed a friendship, but also,
you know, a -- an on-field chemistry, too.
Tom Brady was gonna get a -- He was going to have a
relationship with Julian whether -- whether --
whether he liked it or not.
When I think about Brady and Edelman,
I mean you think about a -- a Rice Montana,
you-- you're thinking about Irv and Aikman
because they've won, man, at the highest level.
He pushes Tom, Tom pushes him.
Brady looks at Julian as an ultimate ally.
It's kind of like that suitcase in Pulp Fiction ,
you know, when the guy opens that thing up and you don't
know what it is.
That's what it is.
The reason why they're successful together is,
after practice, you got Tom Brady and Julian Edelman
in the bubble, running routes. Pass after pass after pass.
Up and down the field.
That's why it starts to translate on the field
as successfully as it has over the years.
He's the kind of guy you just want to be in the --
in the dog fight with. And uh,
you know, the -- the hairier it gets
the better it gets with him.
[announcer] Tom ... looks left. Throws for Edelman!
Touchdown Patriots!
We ended up going out and winning a Super Bowl.
-We did it! -I love you, man.
We did it, bro. I love you. You worked your ass off.
[Julian] You're the greatest quarterback in the world man!
Hey, I love you man.
And then, you know,
messed around and did it again.
[announcer] Ah, that's a catch!
-Oh my god! -That's incredible!
[Julian] We made a story! What did I say at halftime?
It's gonna be a hell of a story.
-I know. -I love you, bro.
-Unbelievable. -Five.
Now, we're going for -- going for...
...going to improve every day.
♪chill electronic R&B♪
♪I'm the loser and you know I'm gonna come undone♪
[gate buzzes]
♪Roll with the punches 'cause I don't want to make a scene♪
♪Yeah, I've been thinking lately♪
♪So you never talk to me at all♪
♪'Cause I'm no good anymore♪
♪♪♪
♪Cuts and bruises, babe...♪
[Physical therapist] 3, 2, 1.
♪Cuts and bruises, babe♪
♪♪♪
[Julian] Come on.
You're really never completely, fully rehabbed.
But I -- I -- I feel like I'm getting back to me.
Nobody's ever 100% in football.
Nobody.
You show me a guy with 100% in football,
and I'll tell you a guy who has never played football.
Yeah, he's 100% probably right now.
Wh-- Who's to say what is 100%?
Who's to say was he ever 100%? He might have been 110.
You go from West Hollywood to Santa Monica down to Carson.
You go do field work and some training over at EXOS.
♪trap hip-hop♪
♪Every season my season Every season my season♪
♪Man, as long as I'm breathing♪
♪Every season my season...♪
Every season my season Every season my season♪
♪Man, as long as I'm breathing♪
♪Every season my season♪
♪Man, as long as I'm breathing♪
♪Every season my season♪
♪Man, as long as I'm breathing, every...♪
♪Every season my...♪
♪Yeah
♪I got dreams to believe in♪
♪I got cheese to believe in♪
♪It was me and my dogs...♪
[Julian] Lily! What's a doggy do?
[barks]
♪Me no ramen no reason♪
♪Seen it right before my eyes♪
♪Dudes get locked go treason...♪
[man] Yeah-yeah- yeah-yeah! Go-go-go!
♪I can't switch up on my guys for they momma go demon♪
♪Shorty say she love my fly♪
♪Hope thats not the dope speaking♪
♪Hope that's not the dope speaking, no♪
[metal door clatters]
[over radio] ...on sports radio in Boston.
[man] There's gonna be a lot of people who are gonna be
♪metallic whirring♪
[man] Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman is facing
a four game suspension for violating the NFL's policy
on performance enhancing substances.
[overlapping voices]
[lighter click, inhale]
Dear Mr. Edelman,
Pursuant to article 39, section 7
of the collective bargaining agreement, this will set forth
the NFL's disciplinary decision in connection to a positive
test for performance enhancing substances. Mm.
It's been determined that you will be suspended
for four games.
During the suspension period, the player will not be paid,
nor may he participate in team activities.
He may not use the club's facilities,
nor have contact with any team personnel.
Damn cuh, you fucked up.
[ticking]
[power drill]
[Frank] I'm not alone in this world of how I think.
You know, work hard, sacrific
Try to do the right thing
If you make a mistake, fix it and move on.
[phone ringing]
It's one of those things where you just gotta man up and...
...tell him, and know he's gonna
probably be disappointed.
I get to work one morning and he had called his father.
Then his father told me.
And I was jus-- I was just in shock. Couldn't believe it.
He said, "Dad, I -- I -- I...
...I'm going to be suspended for four games,"
and he told me the reason why.
Obviously, you know -- there's a sense of
"What the hell is going on? What the fuck?"
Frank was very upset.
We had a different stance on a couple of things.
Jules didn't want his dad a part of this process.
He was handling it with his attorneys.
My husband doesn't understand that sometimes.
I think, uh, we both needed a little time away.
He needed it more than I.
[Julian] Me and my dad talk everyday.
And uh, after that, we didn't talk for a while
♪acoustic guitar strumming♪
You know, through the whole suspension time,
you obviously have some feelings of isolation.
♪I'm waiting♪
Just because you're not in the building,
you're not communicating with your teammates,
you're watching them on TV.
It's definitely tough.
♪You don't show♪
♪acoustic strumming♪
♪Forbidden
♪Forgotten ♪
[Frank] I'm not a grudge-holder,
and I try to teach my kids not to hold grudges.
Hate is just a real energy burner.
It burns so much energy.
♪You look at me like I'm a...♪
[Julian] I'm still just focused on
going out and getting my work in
and getting me back to...
...being the best I can possibly be going forward
when I do get to play.
As technology and science and all of that,
there's going to people who are looking for an advantage
and one way to stay ahead, and that's just the nature
of sports, it's just a competitive thing.
I don't know what went into it,
I don't know anything about it.
If I peed right now, my shit would be every color
on that motherfucker.
I have no idea, I'm a comedian. I -- I don't know.
If you told me I have this short window
where I can maximize the most amount of money I can make
in my career,
I would do anything you told me to do.
[Frank] I think it's your job, as a parent,
to show unconditional love, unconditional support,
and, um -- and move forward.
I just went back to work, waited until he needed me,
and focused on what I had to focus on.
♪playing "House of the Rising Sun" on piano♪
♪♪♪
♪piano rings out♪
[Julian] I put myself in this situation.
Um, you know, I screwed up.
You ow, I have a lot of people countin' on me,
a lot of people supporting me, a lot of people in my corner.
And, uh, you know, I let 'em down.
Hello?
[Julian over phone] Hey, dad.
Um, I'm sorry.
Old Frank just got into town, took the red eye in,
picked him up, did some body work.
Now we're gonna go train.
After that, I think we're gonna try to get a lift in.
Tighten it up, the last couple days before the start, so...
-It's good to have you in town. -Thank you.
Yeah, I know he's pumped as well.
Yeah, I can't wait to watch him.
What's the word of this year, Jules?
-Patience. -Patience.
We gotta let this game come to us.
-You're not Johnny Unitas, bud. -Johnny U, baby! Johnny U.
Three yards and a cloud of dust.
There was no football to be played those four weeks,
obviously. So, Frank got to coach him again.
Frank was happy. [laughs] He got to coach his boy again.
Get him ready. I think they both were very happy.
It was something they hadn't done in a very long time.
[Frank] Some things never change.
I just want you to protect yourself.
Put that fucking ball away.
[grunts] And take that hit. I try to interfere
with those basics, just throw the towel at him.
Cover his eyes. Walk in front of him before the ball
gets to him so he loses sight of the ball for a moment.
Let him see a linebacker the minute he catches it,
so, if he peeks he sees something right there.
Just those kind of things.
I'll just be in the way.
Well, I don't want you to get in the way.
I won't get in the way, but I'm gonna bug you.
Typical football stuff.
[grunting]
♪You knew all my uncles and my aunts though♪
♪Twenty candles, blow 'em out and open your eyes♪
♪We were lookin' forward to the rest of our lives♪
♪Used to keep my picture posted by your bedside♪
♪Now it's in your dresser with the socks you don't like♪
♪And I'm rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'♪
♪With my brothers like it's Jonas, Jonas...♪
[Frank] Push. [grunts]
♪♪♪
♪But I can't get it outta my head♪
♪You prolly think that you are better now...♪
-He's a football guy. -Baby Belichick.
-You grab that little one. -I'll grab the big one, buddy.
You've got a broken hip, bud. You're old.
Grab the easy stuff. [grunts]
Yeah, but I'm cute.
[laughs]
Good job out there, buddy.
[Julian] He's -- he's kind of like my little mechanic
with my mind sometimes.
He's like the life coach doctor sometimes.
Even though he pisses me off, but then, like, I reali-- eh...
...it's good having him around.
[Frank] You know what's so funny, buddy?
-What? -Is that you're my son.
To everybody else you're a football player,
a professional football player.
I don't know if that makes sense.
But everything what we were doing out there,
is what me and you did. [laughs]
That's what you and I did, right?
Well, where did you think it came from? I fucking --
I make these drills.
[Frank] Well, job well done buddy.
You made it.
He'd be anywhere he wants to be.
Jules can pretty much do anything he wants to do
when he puts his mind to it.
Last thing he needs is me.
Nah.
Not true.
Ah, I think it is. Need the old man.
Nah. [whispering] Yeah.
You'd find a way.
-Throw 'em at your, uh -- thigh. -Huh?
Put them at your thigh.
Put -- stay sideways. Throw the ball here.
Lower.
[Julian] [indistinct]
Little lower.
Right there.
Keep that ball right there.
Lower.
Good.
You got a 32-year-old wide receiver,
coming off a PED suspension
and a torn ACL.
That is virtually unprecedented.
Why would I doubt him? You know?
People have doubted him his whole life, you know?
I'm not gonna do it.
Yeah, I would never bet against a guy like Jules.
Again, I think he's actually better when people bet against
him, because he plays tougher, more laser-focused.
He's gonna come back with some fight, for sure.
Don't ever doubt Julian. [laughs]
If you -- if you say he's not going to, he'll do it.
Just to show you [laughs] he will do it.
Yeah, we're paying you a bunch of money.
How much longer do we have to wait?
[laughs]
We're losing games! Get the fuck back for God sakes.
[Julian] Just counting the days down,
counting the days down.
Honestly been a fucking long year...
...with the suspension and the injury,
and fucking this and that.
It's been fucking mentally exhausting.
Get back into my whole -- my -- my good place.
On a field, that's a good place.
My happy place.
♪jaunty psych rock♪
[Frank] We are so excited for him,
and we want him to be patient.
We want him to just have a good time, [slaps thigh]
and don't be in a hurry.
♪♪♪
That's fake Frank.
-That's not fake Frank. -It's fake Frank.
-I mean, really. -Have a good time?
-What the f-- ? -I mean enjoy the ride.
[announcer] Edelman outside, he's got it. Break away.
♪♪♪
♪Beats being blind♪
♪Don't you know?♪
-We at 100? -We're 100%.
You're going soft now.
Yeah, you get soft after a while. But, enjoy the ride.
♪♪♪
It's adjust, adapt, or die. Right?
And so now, we're going to -- we have to adjust a little bit.
Put it back here.
[grunting] [laughs]
[man] We're gonna ask three more questions.... No, we're done.
I'm done after this, bro. I'm fucking worn out.
I didn't get a nap in. Oh, shut up and get to work.
♪pulsating synths♪
♪suspenseful drum beating♪
♪dramatic build♪
♪emotional strings♪
♪♪♪
♪synths build♪
[sighs] Maybe we should not have done this thing.
[laughs]
♪♪♪
And that's it.
Peace.
Suspension's over.
♪♪♪
[narrator] Alright, hold it, hold it, hold it.
Stop everything.
Alright, errr-- I need to be honest with you guys.
This was originally gonna be the ending of the film,
but then these goddamn Patriots had to do what they always do.
My life sucks.
This is fucked up. My life really sucks.
I am narrating a documentary about a New England Patriot,
despite the fact that it's Julian Edelman.
Everybody loves Julian Edelman. He'll s --
He's still a Patriot!
Whatever. Just go ahead, roll it.
Go. Action!
Let's review. The Patriots start two and two.
Dynasty is over, Tom's done, pack it up.
Jules comes back from suspension, week five
against the Colts.
They win that game, go on a little run.
Win against the Chiefs, Packers, Bills, and Bears.
Seven and two. Not bad.
Keep an eye on those Chiefs.
Jules is doing alright. Maybe a little rusty,
but the offense seems to be doing okay.
And here come the Titans! Brady is obliterated!
Knocked on his ass!
Oh my god, that looked like it hurt.
Patriots bounce back, a couple more wins.
Jules is doing okay, I guess. Everything is back to normal.
And from the top ropes, the Dolphins!
The Miami Dolphins!
There is a miracle in Miami! Nine and four!
Suck on that, Patriots!
Bam, Steelers, nine and five.
Losing two in a row?
Two in a row? The Patriots lost two in a row?
They finish with the Bills and the Jets, 11 and five.
Two seed, locked in.
Playoffs, baby. We're talkin' playoffs.
Let's gooo!
[narrator] Rivers looks good, Chargers are stack
Enh! Welcome to Foxborough.
Like Lionel Richie, bro. All night long.
[narrator] Alright, here we go. This is the one.
AFC Championship game in Kansas City.
Arrowhead is terrifying. Chiefs look unstoppable.
Mahomes is the future. There's a super wolf blood moon.
What the fuck -- what the fuck is a wolf blood moon?
Close game, Jules tries his best to blow it. Come on!
He definitely touched it, he touched the ball!
Look at his pinky!
[announcer] ...passes, tapped and intercepted!
[narrator] He responds in a big way.
Third and Edelman. Overtime.
[Julian] Hey, let's go to the Super Bowl now.
Hey, this will go to the Super Bowl!
[narrator] Then, Tom Brady does what Tom Brady does:
-Super Bowl. -Touchdown Patriots!
And they're bound for Super Bowl LIII.
[announcer] We're going back, baby!
America's worst nightmare is back!
[narrator] And from here on out, we continue the story
with our goodfriend Frank.
[airplane soaring]
♪Straight through the floor, I've fallen in♪
♪Came through the door straight stumblin'♪
♪Still watch the film be double-length♪
♪If it ain't 'bout the script then it don't trouble with me♪
♪Came from the east, brought you tales from the beach♪
♪Pounds for the cheap got my town by the leash♪
♪Stayed out of reach 'cause they aim for the knees♪
♪L paid bail...♪
[groans] Okay. Alright.
-We're here. -Yay!
-And it begins. -Super Bowl!
♪Came through the door straight stumblin'♪
♪Still watch the film be double-length♪
♪If it ain't 'bout the script then it don't trouble with me♪
♪Came from the east, brought you tales from the beach♪
♪Pounds for the cheap, got my town by the leash...♪
[Jason] Jules is ready.
Yeah, he's ready. Yeah, he looked good.
Mentally, physically, emotionally.
Seemed to be in a good place.
There's not a lot of conversation, really.
I think we like it that way. It's kind of like our routine.
We're -- we're in game mode, so
there's nothing he needs to know from us.
Here in Atlanta. Rams versus the Pats.
Let's do it. Go time.
[Jason] Go whip some ass.
♪mystical energizing music♪
♪♪♪
♪triumphant climax♪
♪dramatic music♪
♪Take what you're given♪
♪Follow on the road...♪
[Frank] It's a journey that we've worked so hard
to try to achieve, from the ACL tear, from our suspension.
What people don't realize is
You're not -- I'm not just a fan.
I -- I actually care about this guy.
And I know he's older, I know there's a whole new
set of issues now.
Is my knee good? Am I -- you know, am I ready?
[Nicki] I think there's a lot of expectations on him still,
not just from Dad anymore. I think there's so many
more expectations.
[Angie] You know, he looks forward to this.
This is his life.
He just wanted to play football.
[announcer] Super Bowl LIII.
The New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams.
I can only imagine, right now, all the anxiety
that's out there: the locker rooms at the moment,
around the country for those who have a tie
with the teams and the players.
[Julian] Let's start fast. Big game, baby.
[announcer] For those who don't know it, you spend your
whole life trying to get to this game.
But what I think about is not just the player,
it's their mom and dad. It's their aunts and uncles.
It's every coach you've ever had.
They're so nervous right now. They know this is the most
important day you've ever had, and they are rooting for you
with everything they have.
[Frank] Obstacles to get to where you want to go
There's a lot of different ways to
the top of the mountain.
Some people have the luxury of having a paved road.
Some people have a bumpy road.
Some people gotta climb cliffs, go through water,
and just do whatever it takes to get to the top.
But he had a dream. And he had a belief.
We taught him the work ethic, and he bought into it.
Wherever that would lead us,
that's where we were going.
♪"House of the Rising Sun" on piano♪
♪♪♪
[announcer] Edelman wide open at the 40, turns to the 35,
a stutter step to the 30, angling right out of bounds.
[announcer] Julian Edelman will take at the 17 yard line.
Tries to spin away from the first man and is dragged down
inside the 15 yard line.
♪♪♪
[Julian] Let's go. Gotta believe now.
[announcer] Brady to throw, looking middle,
Edelman has it, 25, makes the move, 30,
still on his feet, 35.
♪♪♪
[Julian] Ahh!
♪♪♪
[announcer] Brady, lobs the throw, for Gronkowski,
left side, makes the catch!
[Julian] Let's go! Let's finish it!
[announcer] Gives to Michel, runs it left,
touchdown Patriots! Michel --
[announcer] Allen [indistinct] down. Turns toward Cardona,
in a 10-3 Patriots lead, extends the hand, receives the steps,
swinging the right leg. Kick. Driven to the upright.
And the kick is good!
♪♪♪
[Julian] Love you, dude. Hell of a game.
♪♪♪
We did it!
We did it.
[announcer] And the Patriots...
...have won their 6th Super Bowl title.
♪♪♪
♪jazzy piano tinkling♪
[faint crowd cheering]
[Julian] We did it, Dad.
We did it.
I love you. I wouldn't be here without you.
[crowd cheering]
[Frank] Being a three-time Super Bowl champion
and an MVP, those are your dreams.
Those are your dreams.
[director] You proud of him?
Of course I'm proud.
My son won MVP. [laughs]
[crowd chanting] MVP! MVP! MVP!
MVP! MVP!...
[grunting]
[Frank] Go see daddy.
-[laughs] -Oh, thank you.
Thank you. Get over here.
Get over --! [kiss]
♪old-school hip-hop♪
[honking and cheering]
♪The bomb♪
[indistinct chatter]
♪♪♪
Shout out to motherfuckin' Julian Edelman,
the MV motherfuckin' P!
♪Snoop Doggy Dogg♪
♪From the depths of the sea, back to the block♪
♪Snoop Doggy Dogg, funky as the, the, The D.O.C♪
♪Went solo on that ass but it's still the same♪
♪Long Beach is the spot where I served my cane♪
♪Follow me, follow me follow me, follow me♪
♪But don't lose your grip♪
♪Nine-trizzay's the yizzear for me to fuck up shit...♪
It's almost so storybook ending you want to puke.
You know? It's like, who does that really happen for?
♪'Cause I never hesitate to put a nigga on his back♪
So we're talking about Julian Edelman.
We need him to come to New York, okay?
That's not happening. He'll come to New York, for a --
for a -- for a weekend and have a party.
♪♪♪
Do I think it is gonna be any good? I mean, I always,
at the very beginning of our -- our things,
even if it's my idea, or it's not mine,
I think it's gonna turn out like shit.
♪♪♪
If my Steelers lose, I automatically roll
with the Patriots because I know Mr. Kraft gonna give me
a call to come do the Super Bowl party. [laughs]
♪...the motherfucking house like everyday♪
♪Dropping shit with my nigga...♪
Well, I think he's always my kid brother, you know,
that I never had and never, you know, really wanted.
♪Shit that I drop 'cause ya know it don't stop♪
♪Mr. One Eight Seven on a motherfucking cop...♪
If you're not seeing me at the beginning of the movie
on-camera at all, me popping up at hour, eh, wh--
the 60 minute mark?
45 minute mark? Is gonna be weird.
I'm an award-winning filmmaker but do your thing.
This is what the fuck I do.
Patriots are the king of finding
the needle in the haystack: the fast white guy.
[laughs]
I don't know how we find them.
They didn't make white guys like that when I was a kid.
♪Now just throw your hands in the motherfucking air...♪
[phone ringing]
♪My bank roll's on swoll♪
♪My shit's on hit, legit...♪
Don't -- don't interview Danny.
Dude's a flat-out idiot.
Probably have his sunglasses on the whole damn time.
Who's that?
♪...with the biggest nuts and guess what?♪
♪He is I, and I am him Slim with the...♪
-Hello? -Hey, where are you?
I'm in an interview, a big time interview.
♪The bomb...♪
Alright, I gotta admit, that wasn't so bad.
That was actually pretty good, I'm impressed.
That was good. Job well done, guys.
Hey, slow down!
♪♪♪
♪Dog
♪Yeah
♪The bomb...♪