N’Keal Harry’s Performance Against Lions Gets Tedy Bruschi’s Attention

The New England Patriots played their preseason opening game against the Detroit Lions, and N’Keal Harry played in the game.  He was brilliant and Tedy Bruschi couldn’t ignore that.

Getting an endorsement from the big Bruschi is so awesome, and Harry should see this as a motivation.

Harry grabbed two passes for 36 yards in the win, and got involved shortly.

“Cannot wait to see the development of N’Keal Harry this season. Showed potential v Lions,” Bruschi wrote.

Harry did a good job during New England Patriots training camp. He dropped a pass from Brady on a crossing route, and got yelled at. Then, Brady found the rookie for a chunk play, and Harry caught the ball. Impressive. He was a bit shaken, but was able to come back to the field for practice.

“We’ve got a very good defense this year,” Brady said after the practice. “Those guys are challenging us on every day. It’s hard to complete passes on our secondary. That’s just the reality. So, it’s actually great work for our offense to see how we measure up against a very good defense. Days like today are frustrating for us and we’ve got to learn from the corrections and try to come out and have a better day tomorrow.”

Head coach Bill Belichick praised the rookie, too.

A big kid that runs well. Good catch radius. Very strong, physical receiver,” he said. “He has a long way to go … but he’s gotten better every day and been dependable, durable, tough. … making good progress.”

When it comes to Tom Brady, he was sort of reserved.

“Like any rookie, I think there’s a lot to learn, there’s a lot of things happening,” Brady said of Harry following Day 3 of Patriots minicamp. “Like all of us, we’re just working every day to try to get better. And he’s going to, I’m going to, Jules [Julian Edelman] is going to – he’s got a lot of good people in his room, lot of veterans that he can depend. We still have a long way to go and he’s going to learn every day so the more we do the better.

“I always say when someone’s 22, in some ways it’s a disservice the way they get treated because everyone expects them to come in and just take what they did in college and replicate it in the pros. And in reality, it’s a totally different game.”

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