The Facts: Even though he's started training camp on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list, there are strong signals that Edelman's recuperation from April foot surgery is trending in a very good direction. Thursday, Edelman and fellow PUP-mate Danny Amendola ran routes off to the side while their teammates practiced. He was moving at a good clip. And that's positive news since – using the timeline of Dallas' Dez Bryant who suffered the same Jones Fracture injury Edelman did in 2015 and had a second surgery in January – didn't get back to running and cutting until five months after his surgery and didn't take part in the Cowboys offseason program in late May.

Diehards Line:Had Edelman been idled for the same five-month period, it would have taken until September for him to be where Bryant was in May – running on the side but not being cleared. Now, as CSNNE.com's Tom Curran notes, here we are, three months later, and Edelman seems ahead of that timetable. That doesn’t mean his clearance to practice is looming -- Edelman in September and October is a lot more important than July -- but it signals that once the regular season begins Jimmy Garoppolo will probably have the Patriots’ bug-quick wideout at his disposal.