Competition at WR

PatsChamp88 said:

http://www.patriots.com/news/blog/a...ots-camp/31507459-88b0-4893-9243-e50abfaa7466

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Jeez...that's a real glowing assessment of our WRs so far, aside from the stability from our #1 and #2 WRs in terms of production from last year (Edelman/Amendola).

It's a crapshoot as to who can step up and win the other roles, although Dobson is the odds on favorite when he gets back on the field.

meatface said:

Is Boyce even on the field right now? I havent heard a word about him and nothing about him maybe returning kicks, which is kinda suprising

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He's on the field, but I would highly disagree with any opinion that he's more talented than Amendola, who was a guy who had 54 catches in a down/injured year last season.

I get his general feeling that maybe he thinks that Boyce has more overall upside, but upside is an aspect that is often not realized just the same. One only has to look at the failure rate of 1st/2nd/3rd round picks to see that talent and potential doesn't really mean squat in this league.

At this current point in time, Josh Boyce couldn't hold Amendola's jockstrap in terms of knowledge and experience in playing the slot, knowing the routes, running them crisply, and having chemistry with Tom Brady. Maybe that changes over time.

Boyce is getting time with the second team, Mallet threw a nice long bomb to him in practice the other day.