Remember this freak injury to the Patriots great rookie? He never played football again. Poor Coach Carroll. Maybe that eventually helped lead to him getting fired. Imagine that. This one freak injury in the sand on the beach in February of 1999 could have set in motion a chain of events that eventually led to the Seahawks winning the Super Bowl in February of 2014.
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HONOLULU (AP) _ Robert Edwards, who rushed for 1,115 yards this season for the New England Patriots, injured his left leg Friday during a flag football game for NFL rookies on the beach at Waikiki.
Edwards appeared to hurt his left knee when he came down in a heap after trying to break up a pass in the five-player per side game. The severity of the injury was not immediately known, but Edwards was taken away by ambulance.
"We are still collecting information as to the specifics and the extent of the injury," Patriots coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "Obviously, we are very concerned about Robert. We are anxious to bring him back to New England so our doctors can evaluate him and prepare him to begin his rehabilitation process."