New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman hauled in 10 receptions for 141 yards on 12 targets in a 13-3 Super Bowl LII victory over the Los Angeles Rams, ultimately earning the game’s MVP honors.
It was a well-deserved award as Edelman was the cream of the offensive crop on Sunday evening, out-gaining all other players from each team and coming up big on several third downs. However, in the mind of Rams defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, Edelman was a non-factor.
No, seriously.
“He’s an elite player, plays hard, found some holes in our defense in the first half and pretty much the third quarter,” Suh said via WEEI. “In my opinion, just thinking back, we eliminated him, even though he got yardages. We just have to not allow points to get on the board and give our offense more opportunities to score.”
The Rams did hold the Patriots to just 13 points and held Edelman out of the end zone, but double-digit receptions and nearly 150 yards is hardly “eliminating” anyone. And on the drives in which the Patriots did score, Edleman hauled in three receptions for 44 yards, so he most certainly factored in.
Needless to say, if that was being “eliminated,” Edelman will take that 100 times out of 100.
