When asked about his encounter with NBA superstar Michael Jordan in 2015, the former Patriots player related the story just before Super Bowl LXIX.

Julian Edelman, a former standout player for the Patriots, disclosed that he participated in Super Bowl XLIX despite the fact that NBA legend Michael Jordan placed money on the game. This development comes as if the pressure of contending for an NFL championship were not enough on its own.

Over the course of a recent episode of his podcast titled “Games with Names,” Edelman, who is 37 years old, related the story of his encounter with Jordan, who is 60 years old, in the year 2015, just prior to the Super Bowl game between the Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.
In the beginning of the week leading up to the Super Bowl in 2014, Edelman said, “I was taking my parents out to dinner, and when I rolled up, I saw Derek Jeter and Michael Jordan.”

During the course of the programme, the former wide receiver admitted that he “was super starstruck” when he first set eyes on the legendary athletes.

As he proceeded, “I’m about to play in the Super Bowl, and I go up, and you can tell that Jeter is a very charming guy, welcoming,” he expressed his excitement.

I am going to leave, and Jordan approaches me just as the talk is about to come to a conclusion, which is approximately five minutes into the conversation. “Hey, kid, I got a bunch of money on you,” he says to the young man. Please don’t mess it up,'” The next part was Edelman.

Edelman continued by saying, “And that was the only thing he could say to me.”

Tom Brady led the Patriots to a victory over the Seahawks in Super Bowl LXIX, which took place at University of Phoenix Stadium on February 1, 2015. The Patriots won the game by a slim margin of 28-24.

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After winning three Super Bowls alongside Brady, who was 46 at the time, Edelman retired in 2021. Following his retirement, the club honoured Brady with a pre-game tribute in September.

Brady’s former colleague and close buddy Edelman remarked in an interview with PEOPLE that the ceremony that took place in New England “was really special” to witness. Edelman made this statement after the ceremony had taken place.

To quote the three-time Super Bowl champion, “I just thought it was an awesome day for him and for New England,” he said in September.

Tom undoubtedly considers that location to be his second home because he spent a lot of time there. Although I am unable to speak for him, I can imagine that his entire family, including his mother and father, would have travelled there for twenty years. It was wonderful that everyone was there to witness it,” Edelman continued.

“I thought he had a killer speech, got my juices boiling a little when he ran out and gave the LFG,” Edelman told the publication.