Ideal, worst and more than likely situations for Patriots WRs in 2024 initially showed up on NBC Sports Boston
It’s time for even more spitballin’!!!
We began our Ideal Case/Worst Case/Most Likely Situation collection recently with an estimate of what may be in shop for Drake Maye.
We are back at it once more today with a consider the pass receivers, an oft-lamented team that has some people that are custom-made for either the Larry David or Alonzo Grieving face GIFs.
Below’s your wideout space: Kendrick Bourne, JuJu Smith-Schuster, K.J. Osborn, DeMario Douglas, Ja’Lynn Polk, Javon Baker, Kayshon Boutte, Tyquan Thornton, Jalen Reagor, Kawaan Baker, David Wallis.
Away we go …
Best-case situation
Desired a silver lining to the Patriots destroying their last quarterback and setting out so usually at pass receiver the previous couple of years? The brand-new people at QB and WR– Drake Maye, Ja’Lynn Polk and Javon Baker– reach secure arms and march right into the desert with each other starting as newbies.
So ideal instance at wideout is Polk being the underrated treasure numerous think him to be. Difficult as heck, wise as a whip, a specialist and a person that can play past his age of 22 in regards to maturation and reliability. He’s a Day 1 starter for Jacoby Brissett however the Maye-Polk combination turned up time after time in camp and preseason.
Prior to we reach the various other newbie, Baker, allowed’s drift to second-year wideout DeMario Douglas. Since he revealed in 2015 on a dreadful infraction that he can be the problem competition the Patriots have not had considering that 2018 Julian Edelman was still spry.
Forgotten in the anguish was that Douglas balanced 6.9 lawns after catch per function (YAC), which was 3rd in the NFL amongst wideouts with greater than 40 catches. He tracked just Deebo Samuel (8.8) and Rashee Rice (8.3 ). He was one of the most efficient wideout as soon as arising from mothballs after a Week 2 fumble. Possibly he’s not Tyreek Hillside, however he comes to be the center of the passing infraction and obtains around 120 targets and looks at 1,000 lawns.
His existence inside and below makes it possible for Baker to turn into his function as the outdoors, disputed catch, YPC monster he went to Central Florida in 2015 and– with …
