Next man up, for one game... Jacob Hollister!

[ctpatsfan77]

Does he possess quickness?

Quickness possesses him.

 

[Simpelton]

You are doing the same thing I am. You are assuming that is what he meant.

While very open minded and collaborative I do think when it comes to his program and his way of doing things and how they should be done, hes a bit righteous- and rightfully so.

Thats my opinion and I'm going to leave it at that.

We have nearly 2 decades of "tape" on Belichick. I think it's time and past time that we should feel free to make some educated guesses about his character and personality. In this case I think his treatment of Hollister is well in line with a history that gives us some pretty good evidence what he means when he says what he said.

Hollister came into the program with a big body and some athletism and talent but rather little experience or savvy, the problem is proficiency rather than talent.. however you want to hair-split that, this is the general gist of what Belichick said.

Belichick asks more of his tight ends than most NFL offenses do, and most NFL offenses ask more of tight ends than a college program might. Hollister came into camp being easily able to play the role of a big bodied reciever, but was not a complete tight end by any stretch of the imagination.

IIRC Hollister had his fans in TC mostly because of what they thought Bill could make him. This is what "bill making him" into a Patriots tight end looks like, and if Bill has been impressed by Hollister's progress, that's good enough for me to be encouraged, since he doesn't hand out that kind of praise unless it is earned.

 

[RayClay]

Well, he was an unrecruited high school quarterback, then played for a community college where he started to transition to a new position. That got him to Wyoming, where he had to bulk up and learn on the job. He distinguished himself as a senior largely with downfield pass-catching, in an offense that schemed to get him open in that manner.

So yeah, at the start the season he may well have been the single rawest tight end in the NFL.

BB loves him some converted quarterbacks.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

Seems like hollister only runs a few routes on the route tree. I can not see him have not much success Monday unless he runs more various routes.