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In case anybody may have missed these, thought I would pass along these articles on Terrance Wheatley and the Pats at cornerback.
Wheatley caught a bad break in breakout game by Shalise Manza Young of the Providence Journal
Wheatley itching to show what he's learned by Andy Vogt of MetroWest Daily News
Patriots trying to work out of a corner by Rich Barven of the Worcester Telegram
Wheatley caught a bad break in breakout game by Shalise Manza Young of the Providence Journal
"You can only learn so much watching film. I can call out routes all day, but it's different when it's coming at you full speed and you have to react to it (and) you probably can't call it out, anyway," Wheatley said.
Though he still felt he wasn't playing up to his standards, Wheatley was frustrated to see his season end just as he was putting it all together.
"It was very frustrating because you have these high expectations when you come in — not necessarily what people think of you, what you think of yourself," he said. "In this sport you have to be…almost arrogant when you play. Especially at my position because when you mess up, everybody knows. The announcers, the people at home, everybody knows, so you have to go out there and you're literally by yourself. Once you get in the groove and start seeing things, everything starts to slow down. That just comes from seeing it enough."
Wheatley itching to show what he's learned by Andy Vogt of MetroWest Daily News
"Competition makes everybody better," Wheatley said. "If you can play, you'll be out there playing.
"It's nice to come out and see where you're at physically. I feel fine, just a little rusty. I want to go out and see a few things I missed seeing last year."
Patriots trying to work out of a corner by Rich Barven of the Worcester Telegram
With so many new faces, it has left holdovers Terrence Wheatley and Jonathan Wilhite in an unusual situation. Despite being NFL sophomores, the two have been serving as something of mentors during the offseason, helping keep the transition on track.
“It’s kind of weird because me and Wilhite have been in the system for a year, so we kind of know a little bit, but not a whole lot, so we’re trying to kind of help them out,” Wheatley said Wednesday after the third and final day of an organized team activities session — read: practice — came to a close. “It kind of goes both ways. As long as we can learn off each other, we’ll be fine.”