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Remember it was Kent State, not the SEC.................Edelman had 6 returns for 25 yards over his last three college games. No idea how the starting QB was allowed to do that in a game
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Remember it was Kent State, not the SEC.................Edelman had 6 returns for 25 yards over his last three college games. No idea how the starting QB was allowed to do that in a game
How long is piece of string?
Patterson is going to be a mixed bag.a footnote on Patterson fwiw:
Winners and losers from Week 2 of Patriots training camp
“He’s a great guy to be around,” Julian Edelman said on Friday. “He works hard, he’s very athletic and he definitely helps push the unit so I’m happy we got him.”
Patterson, however, expressed his displeasure with his work. For as brilliant as his catches have been, he doesn’t catch a great volume of them, and he’s struggling to get first-team reps, largely due to moments where he seems to be a little behind on his knowledge of the playbook.
Patterson is going to be a mixed bag.
He has phenomenal athletic skills but has had a career of demonstrating them once in a while with big plays and not producing a whole lot else.
These are likely the reasons that he has had that kind of career.
The hope isn’t that he miraculously improves on all those issues and becomes a legit top WR, but that B.B. and McD figure out a way to use his strengths and get a handful of gadget plays a game, probably mostly with non traditional WR plays like jet sweeps, slip screens, shirt crossing patterns where he can have the ball in the open forks etc.
If he can be that it’s a great complement to the “real WRs” we will have out there.
Oddly in addition to the gadget plays, with his speed of Brady can hit him deep a couple of times he can also be he outside guy who willPersonally I think one of the key ways they can use CP is as a chess piece to force defenses to declare presnap by using him in motion a lot. If things go well he might make life easier for Brady just by being on the field.
Even if the ball only goes to him in a fraction of plays his blocking skills and the theoretical threat of gadget plays will be useful.
Oddly in addition to the gadget plays, with his speed of Brady can hit him deep a couple of times he can also be he outside guy who will
draw deep safety help.
His speed is already a concern to defenses but I don’t think they really believe he can connect on a deep ball very well. Once the GOAT hits him a couple of times, it will be a big focus for opponents.Oh I am absolutely sure that Josh will try to push this early in the season a few times. Because if it actually works out and he catches some deep balls thats a whole dimension other teams will have to respect properly. Get 3-4 deep catches on tape and we are golden.
His speed is already a concern to defenses but I don’t think they really believe he can connect on a deep ball very well. Once the GOAT hits him a couple of times, it will be a big focus for opponents.
And the GOAT has not been shy to air it out in recent years.
Slater is just a fast guy. Patterson is a true wide receiver. It all (as it always does) comes down to how he can track the long ball and adjust to where it is. Some can, some just can’t. Not sure Patterson has ever had a QB who didn’t flat out suck at throwing deep either.I dont doubt the GOAT. Instead I have flashbacks of Slater when I think of it. CP certainly looks like he has better hands though. Fingers crossed.
Slater is just a fast guy. Patterson is a true wide receiver. It all (as it always does) comes down to how he can track the long ball and adjust to where it is. Some can, some just can’t. Not sure Patterson has ever had a QB who didn’t flat out suck at throwing deep either.
Finally a martial arts expert. Old timers may recall the most ferocious pass rusher in team history had a black belt in karate.
Not to me either, but on this board not so sure.C'mon, Mack wasn't THAT long ago.
WiseWho is the quote from?
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