For a brief period of time in September, the most requested profile on JONJ was not the still-strangely-missing Gene Wilder or even Corey Haim, but rather Julian Edelman. Who?
Yes, exactly, who?
A college quarterback turned NFL wide receiver, Edelman caught eight passes for 98 yards on his debut, and was proclaimed the next great thing by none other than ESPN's Sports Guy, Bill Simmons. And obviously, with a name like Edelman, our readers wanted to know if he is Jewish.
But as the NFL season went on, those debut numbers stood as a statistical anomaly among garbage time and Did Not Plays. And our readers? They stopped wondering about Edelman
Then, the supposedly meaningless regular season finale came. Starter Wes Welker got injured, and Edelman was thrust into the spotlight, performing admirably, catching ten balls for 103 yards. And with Welker tearing up his knee, Edelman became a starter for the playoffs.
And our readers? Well, they started wondering again.
So here you go, dear readers: Edelman is half Jewish by birth — through his father, but was raised as a Christian. Now can we go back to discussing Corey Haim?
