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Former New England Patriots star Julian Edelman only played fantasy football earlier in his NFL career.

And when he did, he took full advantage of the knowledge he had as a member of one of the NFL's best teams to get an edge in his fantasy league.

"I drafted like half of our lineup," Edelman told Fox News Digital. "I would draft me and [Wes] Welker, and we had [Aaron] Hernandez at the time because I knew the gameplan, he was going to get fed the rock, I kinda had some insider trading knowledge on that."

Edelman added that he "had to" have Brady in his fantasy lineup as well. He also clarified that there was no money involved in the league he was a part of.

But once the star wide receiver quit playing fantasy as an act

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