Julian Edelman – Noteworthy – Transaction
WR Julian Edelman is $63,504 lighter in the wallet after being fined by the NFL for three separate incidents of unnecessary roughness in last week’s game versus the Buffalo Bills. Edelman was fined $26,739 for each of his two illegal crack-back blocks and $10,026 for blocking safety Siran Neal after calling for a fair catch. The total sum of the fines is more than half of Edelman’s weekly pay, which is $117,647. He has a base salary of $2 million this season.
Sony Michel – Noteworthy
Sony Michel had 14 carries for 50 yards against the Jets. Michel finished with 931 yards for the season even though he missed most of training camp and three regular season games.
Tom Brady – Noteworthy
QB Tom Brady was 24 of 33 for 250 yards and four touchdowns in Sunday’s rout of the Jets.