PHOTO: Jakobi Meyers Looks Ahead To Year Two In The NFL

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PHOTO: Jakobi Meyers Looks Ahead To Year Two In The NFL

Robert Alvarez

Jakobi Meyers looks ahead to his sophomore season in the NFL over Instagram.

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[Zuma]

2020 prediction: if there will be 16 regular season games...Meyers will have between 518 and 934 receiving yards...as will Edelman, Harry, Sanu, White, and one of the new TE’s.

If they all stay relatively healthy, the Oline gives Stidham time to check down and the running game is on par with 2018...I won’t be overly concerned about the offense.

 

[goheels22002]

It will be very interesting for us to watch a team where the QB has to get on the same page with his receivers, not the other way around. The receivers - TEs and WRs - have a lot to prove in 2020. They didn't have a particularly good year in 2019 and now that Brady is gone they have to step up lead on offense and not expect that their QB will bail them out.

I fully expect Belichick will bring in one very good veteran receiver to add to the current receivers on the roster. It will happen as players with mid-level contracts get released because the rookies chosen in the draft make them expendable. I'd love to see a Deion Branch type possession receiver with four to seven years NFL experience join the Harry-Edelman-Meyers-Sanu receiving corps. You know, a great route runner who will be where he's supposed to be as Stidham learns to see what the defense is up to and works through his progressions.

 

[notex]

It will be very interesting for us to watch a team where the QB has to get on the same page with his receivers, not the other way around. The receivers - TEs and WRs - have a lot to prove in 2020. They didn't have a particularly good year in 2019 and now that Brady is gone they have to step up lead on offense and not expect that their QB will bail them out.

I fully expect Belichick will bring in one very good veteran receiver to add to the current receivers on the roster. It will happen as players with mid-level contracts get released because the rookies chosen in the draft make them expendable. I'd love to see a Deion Branch type possession receiver with four to seven years NFL experience join the Harry-Edelman-Meyers-Sanu receiving corps. You know, a great route runner who will be where he's supposed to be as Stidham learns to see what the defense is up to and works through his progressions.

We may already have that veteran in Marquise Lee.. No joke, watch some of his highlights he is a VERY good receiver when healthy.

Yes, I get it, he can't stay healthy.... But he was an absolute animal at USC and had two very good years in 2016/2017 with absolute bums at QB.

 

[captain stone]

They're gonna need this guy to produce, because there ain't Jack Feckin Squat behind him - or above him too, for that matter...

 

[Ochmed Jones]

2020 prediction: if there will be 16 regular season games...Meyers will have between 518 and 934 receiving yards...as will Edelman, Harry, Sanu, White, and one of the new TE’s.

If they all stay relatively healthy, the Oline gives Stidham time to check down and the running game is on par with 2018...I won’t be overly concerned about the offense.

I really hope you are correct and not just hanging out in a closed garage with the car running!

 

[Patriot Missile]

Liked the way he looked in preseason last year. Was showing a great deal of promise.
Not sure how he is going to pan out, but I’m quietly optimistic he will get the chemistry back with Stidham. If not he’s gone.

 

[Betterthanmost]

I think he is the most happy that Brady is gone.

 

[Doctor DDS]

Pats need 2 of the Harry, Meyers, Sanu, Lee group to emerge as 2014 LaFell type players. Has been a while since one of the veteran WR acquisitions really worked out and hopefully that trends changes this year. A lot of ifs but if one of them emerges, Edelman stays healthy and TE is not a complete disaster the team should have enough weapons for Stidham.

 

[captain stone]

I think he is the most happy that Brady is gone.

Either he or his fellow rookie Kneal, Harry...the latter of whom looked actually afraid of Brady...He looked scared, and played scared too...

 

[notex]

I am honestly starting to think Brady was detrimental to the development of Harry and Meyers. Other posters and some media have shown tape of plays where Brady was laser-focused on Edelman and Sanu while others were wide-open.... Not the same as Brady earlier in his career.

Not saying either is a "stud" WR1 but something tells me they were open more often than Brady threw to them.

VERY excited to see what these two can do next year. I think it helps tremendously that Stidham got lots of reps with them last year and seemed to have great chemistry with Meyers in preseason. Yes, I know it was lesser competition but many were throws/routes that looked well-timed and well-executed.

 

[goheels22002]

We may already have that veteran in Marquise Lee.. No joke, watch some of his highlights he is a VERY good receiver when healthy.

Yes, I get it, he can't stay healthy.... But he was an absolute animal at USC and had two very good years in 2016/2017 with absolute bums at QB.

Maybe. Here's his 2016 highlight video:

 

[Wozzy]

I think all the young WR's will benefit from a younger QB who knows less and simply reads the defense. Maybe Stidham makes an error or two more, but he'll also uncork some 50/50 balls and let it fly.

N'Keal, Sanu, Jakobi... if nothing else these guys are big tall physical and strong. Don't sleep on Byrd either, the kid is fast in a league full of fast players.

They have a pretty good WR room.

 

[Uptown]

It will be very interesting for us to watch a team where the QB has to get on the same page with his receivers, not the other way around. The receivers - TEs and WRs - have a lot to prove in 2020. They didn't have a particularly good year in 2019 and now that Brady is gone they have to step up lead on offense and not expect that their QB will bail them out.

I fully expect Belichick will bring in one very good veteran receiver to add to the current receivers on the roster. It will happen as players with mid-level contracts get released because the rookies chosen in the draft make them expendable. I'd love to see a Deion Branch type possession receiver with four to seven years NFL experience join the Harry-Edelman-Meyers-Sanu receiving corps. You know, a great route runner who will be where he's supposed to be as Stidham learns to see what the defense is up to and works through his progressions.

Agree, but didn’t BB already bring in a vet WR in Lee?

 

[borg]

Not having the star QB pointing fingers should be liberating.
Knowing there’s opportunity to get the ball instead of being on-field exiles should be liberating
In summary, more oxygen in the room now.

I’m anxious to see how Josh deploys the new TEs, especially Keene who has screen pass/LOS skills to keep defenses off balance.
Year 1 of Gronk/AHern was pretty special with Josh mixing it up
Hoping for similar creativity and production

 

[captain stone]

Agree, but didn’t BB already bring in a vet WR in Lee?

He said a good vet WR...

 

[Ross12]

I found Brady’s comment on Meyers’ post interesting. Perhaps Brady did like him after all.

 

[Mike the Brit]

If there's a season at all, it is going to be super-interesting.

I think Edelman is key. It could go either way. Is he going to take over as leader of the wide receivers and help Stidham find his feet, or is he going to lose heart and interest and maybe even retire before the start of the season?

 

[patsinthesnow]

Above is every Patriots rookie WR during the BB era with atleast 20 receptions. Notice the four players with atleast a 60% catch rate. Meyers is also first in yards per target & led the team among WRs.

Basically, he produced when the ball was thrown his way. I posted last season about his problems weren't about getting open. He beat Chiefs CB1 Ward twice but dropped the ball. He was running the wrong route vs the Texans leading to the tom helmet toss. When Edelman came out for a series against the Bills he caught two passes.

He has potential. Led the team in catch rate at camp, 80% catch rate during the preseason with Stidham throwing the ball & had promising metrics in his rookie year.

 

[iapatsfan]

I think all the young WR's will benefit from a younger QB who knows less and simply reads the defense. Maybe Stidham makes an error or two more, but he'll also uncork some 50/50 balls and let it fly.

N'Keal, Sanu, Jakobi... if nothing else these guys are big tall physical and strong. Don't sleep on Byrd either, the kid is fast in a league full of fast players.

They have a pretty good WR room.

They have a pretty good WR room????

Based on what standard?

Edelman - Very good, but aging.

Sanu - Was slow when he was young. He is now old.

Harry - Slow and incapable of beating man coverage. Bust. Trade him for a meat loaf recipe.

Jakobi - Practice squad type player.

Byrd - Maybe, but hasn't done anything of significance as of yet.

Lee - One leg

Hope for one of the UDFA's or another free agent to hit, because this WR group is bad. They had a replay of the Pats/Texans game on earlier today, and watching the WRs was painful.