Y'all missed riffing on this part
"...Some of the players were texting me that they were really disappointed..."
So here's the likely scenario -
After playing well in the Super Bowl, Edelman's coming off his game high and realizes "sh*t I don't have a date lined up"
His buddies on the team say "No problem dude - Sabrina's always a sure thing!" and the rest is history.....
She's clearly the team bus - everybody rides her