What I'm told is the Pats issue with Meyers is his lack of skills after the catch. The Pats want someone who can be more dynamic after the catch. A trade for a WR1 is expected.
Meyers is a good guy with decent hands and a wide-array of jukes that can get him open given enough time to string them together. He is also very
slow for a WR. Very. I would also say that he didn't always show good situational awareness and took too many pre-snap penalties for a guy who has been
around for a while. Nice person, but not exactly smart between the white lines.
Picture Edelman jab-stepping himself open in a split second for a key first down and then imagine Meyers rolling off the line and stringing
together a couple of moves until he gets his guy off-balance enough to break open. He's great at that, but it simply took too long to be a dependable
option.
We got a couple of fine years from an UDFA who is effective as long as nobody is worrying about covering him and his line can hold up for a couple of extra beats as he
adds a dead-leg to head-bob to an inside-out. His production was there, but you have to look at the overall context of what his catches actually did to
benefit the Offense.
Back in the day there was a popular local who sang and played guitar. At closing time, he'd always play an inspiring tune that contained the lyric:
stick with the dogs -- they're man's best friend
It was a none-too-subtle reminder that you should ask the girl with limited options if you don't want to end up striking out for the night.
That is my tortured Jakobi Meyers analogy. We shouldn't be satisfied with settling for the mediocre-ish sure-thing because we're afraid to
go out and find a smokeshow who was just waiting for somebody to ask.
I've seen enough 8-in-the-box Defenses to last me for quite a while, Thank you.