1. "I've been there for 10 years, I've talked to him eight times."
That was how Julian Edelman opened up a tremendous five-minute story he told about Bill Belichick. The Pats receiver went into methodical detail about an encounter he had wtih his coach very early on in his career.
According to Edelman, he was spending a late night at the team's facility when he spotted Belichick on a treadmill in a pitch black weight room, watching film and taking notes with trademark pencil in ear.
"I hurry and scatter out of there so he doesn't by any chance see me," Edelman explained.