PatsFan2

Is developing right before our eyes...we know how WR's are like a box of chocolate "you never know what you gona get". After making mistakes at that position with the selections of Bethel Johnson and Chad Jackson, we may have hit the jackpot on Mr. Tate. That TD catch he made against the jets last Monday even though it was his only catch is so significant the way he caught the ball him working back to Brady giving him a Target shows maturity. Also that beautiful catch along the sidelines in Chicago yesterday was a thing of beauty. Tate was damaged goods and we took a chance on him last year and basically redshirted him. This is really Tate's rookie year and i think he has a very high ceiling. The Best is yet to come from him and i wouldn't mind seeing it in the Playoffs.

DarrylS

Tate brings a lot to the table, and has done a few things well lately, but not sure we have hit the "jackpot" yet...

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resdubwhite

That 4th quarter diving catch.

Amazing. Credit where it is due. Game was over for sure. but ut was still nice to watch.

sbpatfan

One thing to remember is Tate missed most of his senior season and lost pretty much all of his rookie year due to injures. I imagine he hit a bit of a rookie wall himself when he got sick there along with a couple tough games.

We were hearing about those types of catches in training camp from Tate. It was good to see him do that in a game.

A_Ghost_In_The_Machine

That was a lovely diving catch he made but for me one nice catch doesn't make him a great player. I hope he does improve and get to the point where he is a legitimate threat on every down but he isn't there yet and I'm not sure if he ever will be. I'm sure he'll become a solid reciever but probably not someone that is going to draw a whole lot of attention from opposing defenses. Let's hope he proves me wrong

Mack Herron

Didn't Chad Jackson make a nice sideline catch his rookie year?

betterthanthealternative

Wow, I missed that one. Best catch of the year by any Patriot, given the conditions.

His hands were one of the questions, and he's beginning to answer that.

Getting smart about routes, and on the same page with Brady, was another one of the questions. And he seems to be getting there as well.

It will be very useful for Brady to start to look his way more often, to keep the defenses in the playoffs from focusing quite so much on Welker.

ausbacker

Been a little disappointed in Tate this year. For some reason I expected a little more from him. As it goes his improvement looks like it might be a little slower than some of the other younger Patriots but he's showing signs which is all we can ask.

Perhaps it's beginning to click for him. Let's hope as as another deep threat gives this offense another dynamic all together.

FredFromDartmouth

He still has a ways to go. He would not have had to make such a spectacular catch if he did not slow down.