Watch: N’Keal Harry Makes His First Catch As A Patriot

The New England Patriots made a really smart choice by adding N’Keal Harry to the team, and that kid sure plays well. That’s what head coach Bill Belichick would say after the Patriots preseason opener.

Harry had his first catch as a Patriot, and let’s just say it was a good one. Belichick has already expressed his opinion on the rookie.

“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.”

Harry got some nice help in training camp. The wideout has been practicing with former Patriots wide receiver, Troy Brown, to improve his ability.

“He’s one of the greatest receivers who’s ever played here,” Harry said of the opportunity to work with Brown. “I can take a lot from him. I’m going to keep asking him questions and keep learning from him every day.”

The GOAT didn’t say much about the rookie. He wants to see some action. Well, there it is.

“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.

“It’s really hard to get acclimated to these environments to go from an amateur to being a professional is entirely different. Like all of us who were 21 or 22 at one time, the difference when you’re older and have experience, the level of comfort, knowing exactly what the expectations are is very important. It’s just a work in progress. I think all of us are trying to learn each other, trying to learn the offense and we put all these moving parts together and it takes time to forge relationships but you do it through a lot of repetition and a lot of communication and that’s the time of year that we’re in.”Will Brady change his mind after the catch?