.A matter of hours after a 38-7 thrashing of the previously undefeated Miami Dolphins Irving Fryar Jersey Salute to Service , Julian Edelman returned from his four-game suspension for performance enhancers, reportedly showing up in the locker room for the first time in a month before 7 a.m."It's good. He hasn't changed a bit," Tom Brady said later in the day. "Four weeks off, he looks good."Added long-time teammate Matthew Slater, whose locker is next to Edelman's: "It's good to see him. Julian and I have a very unique relationship. I'm glad that he's back. I'm looking to attack the short week together."The Patriots host the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday night.Edelman was not available to reporters on Monday and a club spokesman said the slot receiver will talk "Thursday at the earliest."There is no guarantee Edelman, who missed all last season after suffering a torn ACL in a non-contact injury in August 2017 in a preseason game, will even play Thursday. But don't bet against it. He has missed the past 23 meaningful New England games.Edelman played in three of the four preseason games before having to leave the team. He had seven catches for 49 yards, three for first downs. But if you look back past the injury, you see a player who caught 98 passes for 1,106 yards and three touchdowns in 2016.He is third on the NFL's all-time postseason receptions list with 98, leading the Patriots in both catches and yardage in the postseason."We've played so much football together I really have no doubt of where he's going to be or what he's capable of John Hannah Jersey ," Brady said. "He's been a great player for our team and I think everyone's excited to have him back. Anytime you have great players it's going to help what you're doing."We all welcome him back and he's excited, ready to go, and hopefully he can go out and play great."Brady and Edelman have played together since 2009."When he's out there I obviously know his body language, I know his ability to get open, my confidence in him," Brady said. "All those things come up so when you get matchups and he gets open, he gets open so quick. That's the thing about Julian, his explosiveness in the routes, in and out of breaks."It's very comforting for a quarterback to see a guy get open really early in a route. Julian, we ask a lot of him. When you play five different spots, I think he's capable of moving in and out of different locations and kind of specialty type plays Authentic Tedy Bruschi Jersey , there's a lot that he does well."Still, he's been idle from football more a month."Hopefully, it's a smooth transition," Brady said. "We've got to prepare this week. It's going to be a big week of prep and then we're going to go out there and play Thursday night and see where we're at."NOTES: The Patriots did not practice Monday but were required to put out a hypothetical injury report because of the Thursday night game. Rob Gronkowski, who left Sunday's game with a nagging ankle injury, was listed as the only player who "did not practice" — in a practice that didn't take place.At this rate, the Patriots will be able to sign WR Dez Bryant on an incredibly affordable contract The New England Patriots need to add another wide receiver to the roster and Dez Bryant makes a lot of sense and should happen immediately, but also makes too much sense to actually happen. Bryant’s seen his contract value plummet this year and it’s continuing to trend downwards. He was released from his $14 million per year deal with the Dallas Cowboys back in April. He then turned down a $7 million per year deal with the Baltimore Ravens a few weeks later. And now Pro Football Talk reports that Bryant turned down a deal worth less than $5 million from the Cleveland Browns.It seems like Bryant wants a 1-year deal so he can reestablish his value for a new deal in 2019 and he wants to play for a contender this year. Bryant has also called Tom Brady his “favorite player.”With one week left in the preseason, it would be surprising if the Patriots brought in any new faces, but there will be a point where Bryant will be available at a price point too reasonable for Bill Belichick to ignore, right?At what point is Bryant a reasonable player to add?Bryant collected 69 receptions for 838 yards and 6 touchdowns last year Limited Rob Gronkowski Jersey , which is roughly in line with the 77 receptions, 942 yards and 5 touchdowns that every wide receiver currently on the Patriots roster (other than Eric Decker) combined for in 2017. (That leaves just Chris Hogan, Cordarrelle Patterson, and Phillip Dorsett as receivers that produced last season.) (I’m just really trying to highlight the question marks with the Patriots receiving corps.)Julian Edelman, Chris Hogan, and Cordarrelle Patterson are all on the books for between $3-4 million this year and their annual values are between $4-5.5 million. I think a fair deal for the Patriots and Bryant at this stage of the season would be an incentive-laden deal with $3 million in base salary with an opportunity to make up to $7 million in incentives. Those incentives could pretty reasonably be linked to 250-yard or 3-touchdown increments, with $500,000 for each milestone. For example, a 750-yard, 6 touchdown season would earn Bryant $2.5 million in incentives and a total of $5.5 million in 2018, a fair value for that production.If Bryant collects 1 Tom Brady Jersey Salute to Service ,000+ yards and 12+ touchdowns, he’d hit the maximum incentives and make $7 million this year and definitely reestablish his value for free agency in 2019. And if he plays that well, then it’s likely that the Patriots are contending for another title.The longer that Bryant waits, the less money he’ll make in 2018 and the harder it will be for him to position himself for a good contract in 2019. Joining the Patriots on an incentive-heavy deal offers him the best of any opportunity to produce, contend, and earn a new deal in 2019.