In Mitchell, Patriots Seem to Have Finally Gotten This One Right

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In Mitchell, Patriots Seem to Have Finally Gotten This One Right

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This past offseason when they drafted Malcolm Mitchell, you could tell he was special.

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[brdmaverick]

Good write up, but I'll temper my expectations given that (as noted in the article) plenty of other receivers showed flashes of brilliance early on only to be non-factors.

It is pretty crazy how only Branch, Givens, and Edelman are the only players that come to mind that the Pats have been able to develop successfully during the BB/Brady era. Hopefully Mitchell would add his name to the list.

 

[Canuck]

I think Mitchell has great hands, good body control and YAC. I still think he needs to work on getting seperation and reading the defense so he can be where Brady expects him to be.

 

[BradyFTW!]

At this point in 2013, the general consensus was that Dobson and Thompkins were legit. It's still too early to say with Mitchell, although yesterday was a big step in the right direction. I'm more optimistic for him than I've been for a rookie WR in quite a while.

 

[deroc5050]

Well I don't know how well Mitchell runs routes yet but he has some serious raw talent. He looks like he is going to be a good wide out.

 

[brdmaverick]

It really is unfortunate what happened to Dobson. He had a real good rookie season.

 

[varjao]

Too soon, calm down