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Those gadget plays were run with regular offensive personnel. Patterson will likely never be in the regular offense.
I agree, he will be an awesome kick returner, but how much is the best kick returner in the league worth? Especially when it is so easy to nullify the KR by kicking the ball out of the end zone.
He also seems to be a pretty good gunner on punt coverage. So the question will be, can he contribute enough as a KR and gunner (or can he be used on other ST's as well), to justify a spot as the 5th WR, where he could also be used as an emergency offensive player. Not many teams have 5th WR that don't have a major flaw in their game, otherwise they would be more regular contributors.
Also, while KR's CAN be nullified with touchbacks, there are still seemingly enough of them that he averaged 1 or 2 per game thus far in his career, so it's not like it's nothing.