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Meyers is quick, especially off the line in his releases. He had a bad play on the Gilmore pick but I am not using that one play to characterize him as a player.
There is more evidence of him being a very good route runner, especially on routes underneath, with good short area quickness.
He isn't quick like Edelman or Welker before him were.
I am using the Gilmore interception as an example because it was the most glaring.
The Pats are not running nearly as many effective slants and crossing routes as they did in the past. If you look at most of the throws, they are to the outside not a lot from the center of the field. Here are some of the passing target charts from the games, notice he isn't throwing over the center very much. If the Pats face a team that can take away the outside throw, the Pats can be in trouble.
Against the Jets, he threw a lot over the middle:
Jones is great on the out routes, but I fear a team will figure out to take that away and Jones will be forced to throw over the center of the field. Not sure he has a receiver who can go over the middle like Edelman.