The Hall of...Pretty Good.

Hi, I'm the Chocolate Puma. You may know me from such hits as as calling Mitch McConnell a blister on the ass of society, Doug Gottlieb a moronic asswipe, and statistical deep dives of barber shop-esque sports conversations. Today I will take to task the notion that Julian Edelman is a hall of famer. That's right, I am just as shocked as you are that people are considering this guy for the hall of fame. So being the man who loves statistics I dove in to see does he actually belong in the hall?

Receptions:
For his 11 year career Edelman has 596 receptions. The all time leader Jerry Rice has 1,549 receptions. Now as to not compare him to arguably the GOAT of the position, I went all the way to number 25, Muhsin Muhammad has 860 receptions. Yet I'm not hearing any calls to put Moose in the hall of fame. Just sayin'. Hell Larry Centers, a damn full back finished his career with 827 receptions!

Larry for HOF!

Receiving Yards:
For his career, Edelman has 6,507 yards which is a very respectable number. Some noteable guys in this range would be Odell Beckham who has played half the time, Doug Baldwin who only played 7 seasons, hell Jericho Cotchery has more career yards.

You can not, in any universe put a guy who ranks 170th in career yards in the hall of fame because he looks "scrappy."

Touchdowns:
For his career Edelman has caught 36 touchdowns. Again a respectable number. Just a few people who have more that are current players and I will exclude perennial pro bowlers such as Mike Evans or AJ Green because duh. Players like Emmanuel Sanders, Marvin Jones, Ben Watson, Golden Tate and Doug Baldwin all outrank him. Again 36 touchdowns are impressive, are they worthy of all time great status? Nooooooooooooooooope!

Post Season:
Now this is where he has his best chance to get in because he has put up some amazing numbers in the post season. He is currently #2 in receiving yards all time in the playoffs. But for all the yards he compiled he only has 5 career post season touchdowns.

NFL legend Brandon Stokely

By comparison, Amani Toomer, Brandon Stokely, Anquan Boldin and Hines Ward all have more receiving touchdowns than Edelman and yet there is no clamor to get them in the Hall of Fame. Keep the same energy doggies!

Character:
I know what you're thinking, he's a Patriot and they just do things the right way. Well Aaron Hernandez also played for the Patriots.Now I'm not saying Julian Edelman is a murderer, but he damn sure has some character flaws.

He had a paternity suit against him which he claimed to not be the father but surprise! He was! Also just recently he was arrested for vandalism for getting hammered and jumping up and down on someone's car. So while I don't give a shit about this, the character excuse was used to hold out T.O. so it damn sure better be used in this case.

Well I think I have done a pretty good job of  yucking the yum of any rational person who was trying to get Julian Edelman into the hall of fame. Join me next time where I tear a beloved children's movie to pieces or bitch about a local restaurant changing it's BBQ sauce recipe. You never know what you're gonna get with this guy.