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00:00I don't think it's A, surprising.
00:01No.
00:02B, I don't think it's egregious.
00:05I just, I would have put Vinatarian first.
00:07I would put Vinatarian also.
00:09I would have voted for him, but I'm not surprised.
00:10We talked about it on Friday.
00:12We knew we were going to get the results today,
00:13and I was like, it's going to be Edelman.
00:15He is one of the most popular Patriots of all time.
00:19He played his entire career with the Patriots.
00:21He more recently played for the Patriots.
00:24And if you're leaving it up to a fan vote, he's going to get in.
00:27And honestly, he'd beat most, like, besides Brady and Gronk,
00:31I feel like Edelman would beat most people in a fan vote.
00:34People love Julian Edelman.
00:36And Adam Vinatieri left New England and played longer for the Colts
00:40than he did for the Patriots.
00:41And it doesn't mean he shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame.
00:43We both think that he should be in the Hall of Fame.
00:46But Edelman's also the prototypical team Hall of Fame guy.
00:50Like, you make a team Hall of Fame for a guy like that
00:54because he won't make the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
00:56And he played his whole career here, and he did whatever the team needed.
01:00Clutch plays, Super Bowl wins, all that stuff.
01:03Second, you know, Troy Brown 2.0.
01:05He played defense.
01:06He was on special teams.
01:07He was out there as a high-level receiver, as you said, Super Bowl MVP.
01:11So I think Edelman's very deserving.
01:13I just think it's backwards.
01:14It's not going to matter long term.
01:16I imagine Vinatieri gets in next year.
01:18I hope so.
01:19Unless, is Gronk next year?
01:21Well, good point.
01:21I forget the time.
01:22So I just think Vinatieri should get in, and he shouldn't have to wait to get in.
01:27I mean, the guy, I don't want to say single-handedly, but he was the biggest moment in, I mean,
01:33getting past the Raiders in the Snow Bowl.
01:35No disrespect to Wiggy.
01:37He made you think of kickers as a football player and actually respect a kicker, whereas before you're like, ah.
01:42I just, I mean, again, I'm not going to stamp my feet about it and cry about it all day,
01:46but Vinatieri should get in before Edelman, in my personal estimation.
01:49But Edelman absolutely is a Patriots Hall of Famer.
01:51As you said, Gronk and all these other guys, if they make Vinatieri wait, I just think that's a shame.
01:55But all of them will get in at the end of the day.
01:57So I guess on that front, no harm, no foul.
01:59But Julian Edelman, a Patriots Hall of Famer, he'll be joined by Bill Parcells going in this fall.