It’s no secret the expectations were high for Brandon LaFell after a terrific start in his first season in New England, but the follow-up to what he did in 2014 didn’t quite work out that way this year.<\/p>\n
Granted a foot injury sidelined him for the early part of 2015, but even after his return he struggled to settle back in and the disconnect between he and quarterback Tom Brady has been painfully obvious.\u00a0 LaFell finished with 37 receptions on 74 targets, which was exactly a 50% completion percentage when Brady looked his way.<\/p>\n
The more alarming fact was that the two didn’t connect for a single touchdown, and looking closer, there’s currently quite a regular season drought in place going back to last season.<\/p>\n
LaFell’s last touchdown reception came on a 15-yard touchdown against the Packers back on November 30, 2014 for his seventh reception of the season.\u00a0 He hasn’t caught one since.<\/p>\n
The staggering part is, LaFell was one of the most consistent players getting into the end zone before that.<\/p>\n
Here’s a quick rundown\u00a0looking at the fact he didn’t go very long in-between touchdown catches\u00a0last season.<\/p>\n
NUMBER OF CATCHES IN-BETWEEN TDS IN 2014:<\/strong><\/p>\n 9\/21 – 9\/29<\/strong> – 8 receptions before catching his 1st touchdown of the year against Kansas City He finished the 2014\u00a0regular season\u00a0with 21 straight receptions without a touchdown and after not catching one at all in the regular season this year, his 37 receptions this season brings his total to 58 straight receptions\u00a0in the regular season without a touchdown. \u00a0It’s pretty incredible\u00a0to think about considering that prior to that,\u00a0he hadn’t gone more than 15 in-between catching one.<\/p>\n During the playoffs last year he finished with two touchdowns and was a key part of the Patriots’ playoff run, and he clearly knew how to be productive. \u00a0But so far last week\u00a0against Kansas City, he hauled in two passes for just nine yards.<\/p>\n Needless to say, it hasn’t been a great year but if ever there was a time to get things going again, this Sunday against Denver would definitely be a great time for him to\u00a0figure out how to get back to that level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Looking back over some numbers, Brandon LaFell used to be one of the most consistent players getting into the end zone before the current drought he’s in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n9\/29 – 10\/12<\/strong> – 4 receptions over three games before both of his next two catches were touchdowns against Buffalo.
\n10\/16 – 10\/26<\/strong> – 10 receptions over two games before catching his fourth touchdown\u00a0of the year against\u00a0Chicago.
\n10\/26 – 11\/2<\/strong> – 7 receptions over two games before catching his fifth touchdown\u00a0of the season against\u00a0Denver
\n11\/2 – 11\/30<\/strong> – 15 receptions over three\u00a0games before catching his sixth TD of the season against the Packers.
\n11\/30<\/strong> – 2 receptions in-between touchdowns before hauling in his seventh touchdown of the year against the Packers.<\/p>\n