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[Wheelman]

Sounds about right. I've seen Jakobi Meyers highlights, definitely made a lot of n'keal harry one handed catches.

 

[FredFromDartmouth]

It is plenty fast considering his size. How many WRs bigger than him ran faster than him? Zero.

Stanley Morgan (Nebraska), ha. Just kidding (is he related to THE Stanley Morgan?).

Anyway I would not have picked a WR there. The Patriots have done well with late-round WRs (and FAs) in the past so pick one or two there. This smells like a panic pick, a need pick, like Tavon Wilson. This guy is not the next Randy Moss....

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

Stanley Morgan (Nebraska), ha. Just kidding (is he related to THE Stanley Morgan?).

Anyway I would not have picked a WR there. The Patriots have done well with late-round WRs (and FAs) in the past so pick one or two there. This smells like a panic pick, a need pick, like Tavon Wilson. This guy is not the next Randy Moss....

Who has actually come out and said that he’s the next moss?

 

[Ivan]

Who has actually come out and said that he’s the next moss?

No one, Fred is just refreshing his hate.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

Who has actually come out and said that he’s the next moss?

N’obody

 

[varjao]

Stanley Morgan (Nebraska), ha. Just kidding (is he related to THE Stanley Morgan?).

Anyway I would not have picked a WR there. The Patriots have done well with late-round WRs (and FAs) in the past so pick one or two there. This smells like a panic pick, a need pick, like Tavon Wilson. This guy is not the next Randy Moss....

Come on the value there was excellent, all top WR's were still available, the Patriots picked the one they had higher in their draft board.

 

[Wax Frog]

Stanley Morgan (Nebraska), ha. Just kidding (is he related to THE Stanley Morgan?).

Sadly, no.

Former St. Aug, Nebraska WR Stanley Morgan looking to make name for himself in NFL

 

[captain stone]

...BB's second pick this year looks way better than his first.

Not to me it doesn't...not by a long shot, especially when the cost to acquire him is considered.
SloJuan has a much, Much better chance of becoming a bust than Harry does.

...I was wrong on Elandon Roberts (he looked like crap on the college tapes)...

You weren't wrong about Roberts.

 

[SBLIII]

Au contraire; I am almost always right, even when heckled like I am now. I was wrong on Elandon Roberts (he looked like crap on the college tapes), but right on almost everyone else.

Watch the tape on Harry; he is covered on half those routes. He is big, sure, but slow out of the gate (but I do like his acceleration while on the move; Jerry Rice had this also--a slow 40 time but the ability to turn on the jets while moving). He is not going to stretch the field but he has some other talents.

 

[PP2]

No one, Fred is just refreshing his hate.

If Fred ever wrote a positive post, I'd be very concerned for his health.

 

[TN patriot fan]

I look at the Harry pick as a potential Gronk replacement. He's not as tall as Gronk, but he's as strong, and he's faster. What if BB had drafted a TE that ran a 4.53 forty? We'd be jumping for joy. They may be looking at Harry as taking the place of Gronk, not necessarily as a TE proper, but simply a big receiver with enough speed and elusiveness to make big plays. I was on the Isabella train before the draft, but after seeing Harry's college numbers and reading the takes of many experts who are very high on him, it seems obvious that he can do things that the faster but dramatically smaller Isabella cannot. Could Parris Campbell, for instance, be a force as a blocker on running plays? Probably not. Could Harry, considering the numbers he put up on the bench press? Obviously he has that potential.

 

[scott99]

I think we can put our panic away when it comes to Harry. I know the Pats have done extremely poorly drafting receivers early rounds, and middle rounds, and late rounds. But Harry is different from any receiver we've ever drafted. I could be wrong, he could turn out to be a bust, but I highly doubt it. He is a proven commodity in the college ranks who was incredibly productive. Has incredible hands and high battle level. The high battle level shows how much he wants to win every jump ball. As good as he was in college, he can get better, and will get great coaching from the Pats.

His yards after the catch is a very underrated part of Harry's game, he's got great strength (27 reps as a WR at the combine, more than any TE), which helps him run over guys and make contested catches, as well as he's got good speed and good elusiveness (see some of his punt returns). Great hands. This is just a different type of receiver than anyone the Pats have ever drafted in the Belichick era.

 

[WaterfallJumper]

I think we can put our panic away when it comes to Harry. I know the Pats have done extremely poorly drafting receivers early rounds, and middle rounds, and late rounds. But Harry is different from any receiver we've ever drafted. I could be wrong, he could turn out to be a bust, but I highly doubt it. He is a proven commodity in the college ranks who was incredibly productive. Has incredible hands and high battle level. The high battle level shows how much he wants to win every jump ball. As good as he was in college, he can get better, and will get great coaching from the Pats.

His yards after the catch is a very underrated part of Harry's game, he's got great strength (27 reps as a WR at the combine, more than any TE), which helps him run over guys and make contested catches, as well as he's got good speed and good elusiveness (see some of his punt returns). Great hands. This is just a different type of receiver than anyone the Pats have ever drafted in the Belichick era.

Beast.

 

[RobertWeathers]

I think we can put our panic away when it comes to Harry. I know the Pats have done extremely poorly drafting receivers early rounds, and middle rounds, and late rounds. But Harry is different from any receiver we've ever drafted. I could be wrong, he could turn out to be a bust, but I highly doubt it. He is a proven commodity in the college ranks who was incredibly productive. Has incredible hands and high battle level. The high battle level shows how much he wants to win every jump ball. As good as he was in college, he can get better, and will get great coaching from the Pats.

His yards after the catch is a very underrated part of Harry's game, he's got great strength (27 reps as a WR at the combine, more than any TE), which helps him run over guys and make contested catches, as well as he's got good speed and good elusiveness (see some of his punt returns). Great hands. This is just a different type of receiver than anyone the Pats have ever drafted in the Belichick era.

Pats have been great at drafting WRs in the 7th rd

 

[Bradyking12]

Beast.

Can't wait to see him in action.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

I think we can put our panic away when it comes to Harry. I know the Pats have done extremely poorly drafting receivers early rounds, and middle rounds, and late rounds. But Harry is different from any receiver we've ever drafted. I could be wrong, he could turn out to be a bust, but I highly doubt it. He is a proven commodity in the college ranks who was incredibly productive. Has incredible hands and high battle level. The high battle level shows how much he wants to win every jump ball. As good as he was in college, he can get better, and will get great coaching from the Pats.

His yards after the catch is a very underrated part of Harry's game, he's got great strength (27 reps as a WR at the combine, more than any TE), which helps him run over guys and make contested catches, as well as he's got good speed and good elusiveness (see some of his punt returns). Great hands. This is just a different type of receiver than anyone the Pats have ever drafted in the Belichick era.

Excellent point that he benched more than ANY tight end in the draft. He's a big strong receiver. Hopefully he can line up in some places Gronk did while outside and win key red zone and 3rd down catches. I see him as a Michael Irvin type who can out-box (basketball-style) any corner when left one on one.

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[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Huge dice roll by the Patriots on this one. Will he learn the system and develop chemistry with Brady? Impossible to know. They must think he has tremendous upside to justify taking a WR in round one. It will the most exciting offseason story for me, and it seems like a boom-or-bust if I’ve ever seen one.

 

[SBLIII]

Huge dice roll by the Patriots on this one. Will he learn the system and develop chemistry with Brady? Impossible to know. They must think he has tremendous upside to justify taking a WR in round one. It will the most exciting offseason story for me, and it seems like a boom-or-bust if I’ve ever seen one.

I think he has an extremely high floor.

 

[Uptown]

 

[BaconGrundleCandy]

Huge dice roll by the Patriots on this one. Will he learn the system and develop chemistry with Brady? Impossible to know. They must think he has tremendous upside to justify taking a WR in round one. It will the most exciting offseason story for me, and it seems like a boom-or-bust if I’ve ever seen one.

Harry is the opposite of a "boom or bust" pick. That would have been DK, Butler etc
Harry checks almost every box you want. Metrics/production, age, traits/skill set ...
He was one of the safer picks on the board & definitely WR & I'm not a RB/WR Rd1 guy.