On the one long catch over the middle vs. DET, the ball got to his body. But I don't see that consistently happening on his game tapes from UM or practice catches.
You can see it practice as well. It's not on every catch, and it is clear that he's worked on it a lot over the last season. But he definitely lets it get to his body on occasion.
You know looking at the gloves that everyone wears now days got me thinking about them. In my days, I was the definition of "stone fingers", not the greatest thing for someone trying to make it as a SS. But later on in late 80's when catching gloves were just starting to come into vogue, I wore them for the tag football team I played on then. They made a remarkable difference in my ability to catch the ball.
I'm sure that the technology used in gloves these days is light years ahead of what they had 30 odd years ago. So 2 thoughts come to mind.
a. The league gets bent out of shape anytime some uses even relatively benign things like HGH and Adderall, claiming it gives a player an "unfair advantage", yet gloves that allow the ball to stick to them, ISN'T an unfair advantage??????
b. The easiest method to get the offense and defense back into a semblance of balance would be to simply make receivers catch the ball wearing only their skin. QB completion rates would drop by 10-15% immediately. Just an idle thought.
I don’t see Meyers as having the quickness to play the slot. I see Berrios in the mold of Welker and Edelman
I think we have all gotten used to a certain "type" when thinking about slot receivers, with Brown/Welker/Edelman being the archetypes. However I'm thinking the Pats are looking at Meyers as a different type of slot guy. Someone who wins on size, scheme. and catch radius more than short area quickness.
Of course that's just a guess that's based on the fact that Meyers, who isn't that quick, was very productive working out of the slot in one preseason game. I can't think of anyone right off hand, but there have been other "big" receivers who had success from the slot.