Jakobi Meyers game ball: 169 yards , 12 catches on 14 targets

[Uptown]

 

[Uptown]

 

[DropKickFlutie]

He made awesome blocks to spring Byrd for that long run after catch

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Reiss seems to think Ford is better then Byrd.

Ford ran a 4.6 forty, Byrd ran a 4.3 forty. Two different types of receivers. Someone is confused.

 

[PP2]

Much of Meyer's game is based on Edelman's. I have to confess that I am the last person who would have ever seen that coming. His bag of tricks is eerily like Edelman's, especially the trademark hop step, the stem and re-stemming, stack and "stepping on the defender's toes." Sells a route, leans into the defender the way Edelman does and snaps off.

Meyers has average athleticism and speed but he is working tirelessly on his techniques and will be a solid #2 or 3 option.

 

[Uptown]

Diving Deeper Into Jakobi Meyers' Breakout Showing In Patriots' Offense

New England Patriots breakout star wide receiver Jakobi Meyers absorbed a lot of contact Monday night when he caught 12 passes for 169 yards in a 30-27 win over the New York Jets. So, it’s understandable why it looked like Meyers had to peel himself off the turf after catching his 11th pass of...

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[patsinthesnow]

Diving Deeper Into Jakobi Meyers' Breakout Showing In Patriots' Offense

New England Patriots breakout star wide receiver Jakobi Meyers absorbed a lot of contact Monday night when he caught 12 passes for 169 yards in a 30-27 win over the New York Jets. So, it’s understandable why it looked like Meyers had to peel himself off the turf after catching his 11th pass of...

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Meyers caught eight of nine targets for 121 yards as the Z-receiver, one of two targets for 20 yards as the X-receiver and three of three targets for 28 yards while drawing a holding penalty from the slot.

Small sample size but his usage & yards per reception suggest he’s more of an outside WR:

Edelman 11.0 career ypr
Amendola 10.1 career ypr
Welker 11.0 career ypr
Brown 11.4 career ypr
Meyers 13.3 career ypr

Might be more David Givens (14 ypr) than slot.

 

[RIpats88]

At least we will have something to work with. Still need a #1 type receiver. But Meyers is someone who has a place in the future.

Some of his routes do remind me alot of edelman

 

[Simpelton]

Much of Meyer's game is based on Edelman's. I have to confess that I am the last person who would have ever seen that coming. His bag of tricks is eerily like Edelman's, especially the trademark hop step, the stem and re-stemming, stack and "stepping on the defender's toes." Sells a route, leans into the defender the way Edelman does and snaps off.

Meyers has average athleticism and speed but he is working tirelessly on his techniques and will be a solid #2 or 3 option.

Jules isn't all that athletic either. He makes up for it by developing his strength and technique and using smart well timed aggression. Meyers seems to be picking up on that.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

Why are people saying he's maybe a 2/3 receiver. He's already our best receiver. He just put up a game only matched by WRs in the Patriots Hall of fame. Jakobi should immediately start every game the rest of the year. Bye bye NKeal

 

[Simpelton]

Why are people saying he's maybe a 2/3 receiver. He's already our best receiver. He just put up a game only matched by WRs in the Patriots Hall of fame. Jakobi should immediately start every game the rest of the year. Bye bye NKeal

It's not really to be marveled at. We did the same thing to Edelman and Welker. It's the nature of receivers who do their best work in the slot to be overlooked, because it's an area where less athletic WRs can thrive on intelligence and good timing, so the role is frequently underappreciated. You'd think the Patriots fans would know better because o the number of talented slot guys we've had over the years that have come into their own with us (Welker/Dola/Jules/Meyers) but some people re slow learners I guess

Slot receivers are possession receivers, when people think wideout though they want field stretchers, downfield guys. But a good slot game can save your bacon if the run isn't being particularly successful and you need to move the chains. Brady more or less lived on the slot game, which is why guys tended to thrive in the role. Cam is beginning to get on page with the guys who play the slot, and we're starting to get our feet back under us as a result.

It's a huge part o the Patriots offense to come at you with a lot of clock eating plays and march down the field with precision. Good slot wideouts to compliment the rushing attack is a huge part o that strategy. We came back against the Jets because Cam is starting to master playing that brand of football, and Meyers was a huge part of that. Good things coming, I think the team is starting to turn the proverbial corner.

 

[upstater1]

Jules isn't all that athletic either. He makes up for it by developing his strength and technique and using smart well timed aggression. Meyers seems to be picking up on that.

Jules has crazy athleticism. Incredible quickness. He's strong too.

When he first came on the scene, some of his end arounds were incredible, houdini like escapability.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

It's not really to be marveled at. We did the same thing to Edelman and Welker. It's the nature of receivers who do their best work in the slot to be overlooked, because it's an area where less athletic WRs can thrive on intelligence and good timing, so the role is frequently underappreciated. You'd think the Patriots fans would know better because o the number of talented slot guys we've had over the years that have come into their own with us (Welker/Dola/Jules/Meyers) but some people re slow learners I guess

Why are you saying this as if it's not impressive? Would be thrilled if Meyers can replicate what Edelman or Welker did even if he's not a classic slot guy. This offense needs a guy who can reliably move the chains. I don't care about 40-times. On field production, Meyers knows how to sell routes and get open a LOT. Practically speaking, you keep Meyers on the field all offensive snaps as long as he's healthy. He's 50X better than physical specimens like...NKeal Harry.

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[PatsFanInVa]

Why are you saying this as if it's not impressive? Would be thrilled if Meyers can replicate what Edelman or Welker did even if he's not a classic slot guy. This offense needs a guy who can reliably move the chains. I don't care about 40-times. On field production, Meyers knows how to sell routes and get open a LOT. Practically speaking, you keep Meyers on the field all offensive snaps as long as he's healthy. He's 50X better than physical specimens like...NKeal Harry.

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If that comes to pass, prepare for 1-2 years of "he's not Edelman or Welker" just as we had a few years of people saying "If you think Edelman's Welker you're just blind. totally different type receivers. (?!?!)"

I agree, we're looking at this big spike that could be at the outset of a nice career coming out of this chaos (and we might have been seeing that with Harris too.) Time will tell, but great to see the breakout - better than not seeing it!

 

[UGAPatsfan]

I'm not hating what I'm starting to see from Byrd either TBH. Not awful for a 3/4 WR.

Still believe we need a match-up problem fast WR at #1 (Harry may turn out to be a competent possession guy but he will never scare a D) and a total reload at TE.

But there are signs of life at least.

 

[Nehalem]

Now we know why Brady kept laughing at Harry.

If you saw a 1st round WR playing worse than an UDFA you would laugh too.

Or Cry.

 

[RobertWeathers]

BB is awesome at finding and identifying highly-productive WRs who prior to his & their arrival here weren't prolific

Troy Brown
Deion Branch
David Givens
Randy Moss (sucked in 2006)
Wes Welker
Julian Edelman
Brandon LaFell
Jakobi Meyers

 

[oceansizer]

Of course Meyers would be very productive for us as a WR2/3 but he simply should play. I hope he will not watch Harry's back from the bench perspective just because Harry was 1st round choice and he was UFA.

 

[203Pat]

BB is awesome at finding and identifying highly-productive WRs who prior to his & their arrival here weren't prolific

Troy Brown
Deion Branch
David Givens
Randy Moss (sucked in 2006)
Wes Welker
Julian Edelman
Brandon LaFell
Jakobi Meyers

Brown and Lafell had some production before Bill and Randy Moss on this list is dubious at best but earlier on in our run Bill was able to spot some receivers that could play. Givens was a part time RB/WR at Norte Dame (and outside of Brady and Gronk my favorite Patriot) and we all know about Edelman as a college QB as well and both developed into key pieces on multiple Super Bowl teams. Welker was probably his biggest diamond in the rough move (outside of Brady) he ever made. Not sure why he is unable to draft guys now that can come in and play anymore when he was able to determine who could play in this system earlier on.

 

[VJCPatriot]

You know we can celebrate Meyers without denigrating Harry. Happy birthday to the young man. He made the most of his opportunity!

Also. They're asked to run different routes. Byrd was taking most of the role Harry usually does. But I'm not interested in a long back and forth, so I'll probably just leave this thread.

Uhh Harry was a 1st round pick and has nowhere earned his lofty draft status compared to MANY wide receivers taken in the same draft class. Most notably we passed on DK Metcalf to take Harry and we actually could have taken both with the selections that we had in that year's draft. Instead we traded the right to DK Metcalf to the Seahawks. Metcalf right now is the #2 overall receiver in the NFL in total yards. Hmmm. I don't think it's the fact that NFL receivers don't know how to adjust to New England's system, we just SUCK at evaluating WR talent!

Meanwhile an undrafted free agent like Jakobi Meyers is also outperforming that 1st round pick from 2019. OUCH!!!