I was looking at the roster ages on patriots.com and I noticed a unique fact, with all the rookies we drafted this year including Meriweather, Brown, and the supplementaries, the two youngest players on this team (excluding Chris Dunlap) are still Chad Jackson and Laurence Maroney.
I just think it is important to remember just how young these two kids are and just how much time they have to improve. Whether or not you want to say their rookie years lived up to their potential, it should be acknowledged that these kids were true Juniors in college when we drafted them and are still maturing. I have no doubt Maroney will succeed on this team if he remains healthy, but let's go easy on Chad Jackson, he has a long career ahead of him and is only 22 years old. He has plenty of time to mature into the talent he is capable of. If a kid redshirts in college it's part of the game, but it seems if he redshirts on the Patriots he is a malcontent.
(This post was not in response to any recent posts, but more a series of posts throughout the off-season)
I just think it is important to remember just how young these two kids are and just how much time they have to improve. Whether or not you want to say their rookie years lived up to their potential, it should be acknowledged that these kids were true Juniors in college when we drafted them and are still maturing. I have no doubt Maroney will succeed on this team if he remains healthy, but let's go easy on Chad Jackson, he has a long career ahead of him and is only 22 years old. He has plenty of time to mature into the talent he is capable of. If a kid redshirts in college it's part of the game, but it seems if he redshirts on the Patriots he is a malcontent.
(This post was not in response to any recent posts, but more a series of posts throughout the off-season)