Rodney Harrison understands what Julian Edelman is going through. In 2007, after the former Patriots safety tried to speed up his return from injury, Harrison was suspended four games for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy. That experience leaves him uniquely placed to offer Edelman advice while the wide receiver appeals a four-game suspension of his own.
“If you’re a part of the Patriots, and something like this happens, people from the outside, they think you’re a cheater anyway,” the NBC analyst told the Boston Herald’s Karen Guregian. “Ultimately, I’d tell him, ‘It doesn’t matter what other people think.