Nice Piece From Howe On How Pats Stole Hogan

[Ian]

Jeff Howe Tweeted this link yesterday from November, which is a great read on how they took Hogan away from the Bills:

Chris Hogan is a perfect fit, just like Patriots planned

 

[irishfanatic]

Nice piece. Hogan has been a superb pick up from a Divisional foe, just as was WW.

 

[JarOfMayo51]

So what you're saying is... BB the GM is killing BB the head coach?

 

[The Brandon Five]

You have to love the 31 other fanbases and mediots getting apopletic over our "no-name" receiving corps (led by Hogan) topping Pittsburgh's vaunted collection. But we know what it's like to lose a championship thanks to guys like David Tyree, so spare us.

 

[Bill Lee]

Good stuff:

Hogan wakes up at 4 a.m. in the offseason to work out and has been known to maintain his diet down to the peanut. On the field, he doesn’t repeat mistakes and practices like a maniac to beat cornerbacks. It was hardly a shock Hogan had a team-high 22 connections with Brady during training camp. And after a two-game summer layoff, Brady capped his second preseason drive with a 33-yard touchdown pass to Hogan against the Panthers.

So what you're saying is... BB the GM is killing BB the head coach?

Reading the article, it's more about Caserio the GM getting Hogan on-board, although I'm sure BB was working it too.

 

[ashley]

What a steal hogan has been for us....anyone that questions Bill's draft strategy needs to remember pick ups like this it seems like every year!!!!

 

[Rusty Coupe]

More on the legend of Hogan

As the images darted across the TV screen showing Chris Hogan absolutely destroying the Steelers, Kevin Callahan had to chuckle to himself.

...“Shows you how smart coaches are, or something,’’ Callahan told The Post on Monday. “I got a guy who’s going off in the AFC title game and I got him playing defense.’’

...
“The week we move him to defensive secondary, we’re decimated at the position and we really don’t have anybody else,’’ Callahan said. “He makes the transition, he practices Wednesday and Thursday in the defensive secondary.

“The first time they go after him — and they went after him very early in the game — they threw at him, he picks the ball off. Later in the first half he picks another ball off. He just came off the field, I looked at him and said ‘Why didn’t you tell me you could do that?’ He said, ‘I’ll do anything you want me to, coach.’ It was just incredible.’’

http://nypost.com/2017/01/23/inside-rise-of-pats-new-darling-whos-still-stunning-college-coach/

 

[Ian]

This one is from yesterday from Mike Rodak:

How did the Bills let Chris Hogan get away to New England?

 

[mb6592]

http://nypost.com/2017/01/23/inside-rise-of-pats-new-darling-whos-still-stunning-college-coach/

 

[archstanton543]

I have no idea what the title of this thread is trying to say.

 

[turkeyneck]

I have no idea what the title of this thread is trying to say.

Add a couple of definite articles and other bits:

Inside the rise of the Pat's new darling, who is still stunning his college coach.

 

[tasmlab]

I've read Chris Hogan's career history and it looks like somebody who kind of sucks. BB is a wizard.

Chris Hogan (American football) - Wikipedia

 

[bbobbo]

can't miss this 45-page thread at two bills drive on chris hogan (16 pages added since sunday's game alone):

Sorry, but I'm still going to miss Hogan - Page 29 - The Stadium Wall

the poster JohnC seems like he would have fit in well at patsfans.

 

[Wheelman]

More on the legend of Hogan



http://nypost.com/2017/01/23/inside-rise-of-pats-new-darling-whos-still-stunning-college-coach/

He never complained, he never said, ‘I came here to be the star, I came here to play offense and catch passes.’ Never said a word, said, ‘I’ll do what you want me to do.’

That says it all to me! Great pickup!!!!

 

[FortressX]

Don't remember if this was posted at the time, but Brandon Marshall called this correctly back at the beginning of Sept .

“He is a monster,” added Marshall. “That’s the type of guy I want on my team. That guy can play ball.”

Jets receiver Brandon Marshall calls Chris Hogan ‘the secret weapon’

https://www.boston.com/sports/new-england-patriots/2016/09/07/jets-receiver-brandon-marshall-calls-chris-hogan-the-secret-weapon

 

[ForThoseAboutToRock]

I know it may be borderline insanity to say this when my favorite team is 11 days from playing in the superbowl - but I genuinely enjoy seeing what the team does in the offseason to draft/build/rebuild/continue its run. Passages like the one below from the Herald remind me of that.

Shortly after the 2015 season ended, the Patriots pegged Hogan as a priority, and Hogan’s camp shared a reciprocal feeling as they drew closer to the March 9 dawn of free agency. When the Pats cut wideout Brandon LaFell on March 2, Hogan’s team recognized the potential for their dream to turn into a reality.

“Our personnel department did a great job of identifying that,” Patriots receivers coach Chad O’Shea said. “Obviously, we had a lot of exposure to him playing him in our division, but we saw a lot of things that he did so well that would fit here.”

The Patriots believed Hogan could play every receiver position within their system. Five other teams that expressed interest pigeonholed Hogan as a slot receiver, so the Pats were both creative and confident in his ability to grasp their complex playbook.