It's a way to gauge players. I don't have a problem with doing that. Meyers being an UDFA and contributing means that he's doing well above what anyone ever thought he would be doing...diametrically the opposite of Harry.
It was the Dallas game when the only two WRs were Gunner and Meyers. THey both did well. The main reason that neither saw the field much last year was that Brady said flat out that he wouldn't throw to them. He didn't trust them to be in the right spot and had no interest trying. Pretty pointless of the coaches to keep putting Meyers in if he was going to be invisible to Brady.There was a time when Brady worked with young receivers, but it wasn't last year.
Draft status is only a way to gauge a player's college career. Once they hit training you can start to judge a how a player is fairing in the NFL. Draft status means squat once the games begin.
If they're busts, it absolutely matters.
Please provide a link to Brady saying he would not throw to them.
Tom Brady Reveals What He Told Bill Belichick About Underperforming Receivers - NESN.com
Is this necessarily referring to last season? Seems like Brady is talking about the entirety of his time in the New England offense.
Brady was talking about his whole career. That is what he has done and what he is supposed to do. If a receiver is not getting open or running the wrong routes he isn't supposed to throw it to him (see Aaron Dobson, Chad Jackson, etc). Bill has echoed these same sentiments about every player. The NFL is about production not trying to coddle players who are not performing. Look at our offense this year with a better Oline and run game and our receivers STILL stink. All Cam has is Meyers at the moment. We are 27th in points scored. Last year we finished 7th with Brady supposedly freezing players out. This is one of the worst Patriot takes of all time because people don't want to acknowledge that Bill royally screwed up the skill positions on this team the last few years to where our best receiver currently is an undrafted second year player.
He has no patience with young receivers who stink. Nor should he or any other QB.
I thought Brady forced it to Edelman way too much last year when there was another receiver open, but wasn't trusted.
