When Malcolm Mitchell announced his retirement a few weeks ago, there was a name that I just couldn’t get out of my head: Robert Edwards. Not since Edwards have Patriots fans had a player show so much promise his rookie year, only for his Patriots career to be taken from us due to injury. Clearly, the two injuries were much different, but the lost opportunity was the same.
The feel for Patriots fans of finding a player at a huge position of need, only to have his talents taken away from us far too soon.