Bill Belichick didn’t have much to say immediately after Julian Edelman’s apparent season-ending injury in Friday’s preseason game. However, Belichick did begin to open up Monday about how the loss of the Patriots’ top receiver would affect the team’s offensive game-planning.
In a press conference, Belichick explained that the Patriots don’t design passing plays around any single receiver, though he acknowledged players were not equally replaceable.
“I don’t think you can throw the ball like that – just drop back and throw it to one guy,” the Patriots coach said.
“Each player is unique, each player has his own set of skills, so depending on who the players are in there, that affects sometimes what we do with them,” he said.