Jakobi Meyers Running with the 1st Team in New England Camp

Former NC State Wide Receiver Jakobi Meyers is the talk of the New England Patriots Fall Camp.

Yesterday, Meyers was running with the 1st Team in the initial walk through.

Every practice, whether at camp in Foxboro or Monday at the Lions practice facility, he tends to make at least one highlight reel film catch. Every practice, he runs great routes and is in the exact place Brady needs him to be.

Watching Meyers go up against the Lions, the 6-2, 200-pound wideout was tough on any defender who attempted to cover him. During the 1-on-1 drills, he made a leaping grab along the sideline. He managed to hold onto the football as he tumbled backwards to the ground. He’s made several acrobatic catches just like that in previous practices.

But that play just got his day started. The 23-year-old made several more head-turners to go along with others that seemed run-of-the-mill by comparison.

The fact Meyers essentially gave the Lions a healthy sampling of what he’s been doing in Foxboro, and even took it up a notch, has to bode well for the former North Carolina State receiver, who is looking to secure a job with the defending Super Bowl champions. (Herald)

He also has been one of the Pats getting reps returning punts.

With Julian Edelman out with a broken thumb, Meyers has been Brady’s favorite target through three weeks of camp.

“He’s done a great job and he’s taken advantage of his opportunities. I think that’s really what we try to stress to anybody. It really doesn’t matter – the football doesn’t care how old you are, whether you were drafted or not. The football doesn’t care how much experience you have,” Brady told reporters after the joint practice session. “It just knows that when I let that ball go, it’s got to be in the hands of the guy who it’s intended for. If that happens to be him, it’s him. If it’s Julian (Edelman), it’s Julian. Whoever it is, it doesn’t matter in football.” (Herald)