Patriots’ Jakobi Meyers Shares His Thoughts on Playing With Julian Edelman

Jakobi Meyers is really happy with the development of his game in New England and he has learned so much from veteran wideout Julian Edelman. Meyers said he learned a few important things playing alongside the 2018 Super Bowl MVP. In other words, Meyers is learning how to boost his competitiveness.

Edelman is a talented player, and he is one of the best teachers NFL players can ever have. His experience comes really handy these days as the Patriots have so many young talents to take care of. Edelman is one of the very few veterans to lead the team in 2020.

“Just watching him day in, day out, the way he works, the way he attacks the game, the way he attacks other players on the other team,” Meyers said on Tuesday during his conference call with media members.  “It’s a guy you love to play with, but hate to play against. Just watching the way he goes about it, even little route cues, I try to pay attention to him because he’s been doing it for a long time. I’d be blessed to be in the situation that he’s in.”

Jakobi Meyers uses some parts of the game Julian Edelman brings to the field

Meyers was an undrafted free agent. He is impressed with Edelman’s game plan and admires his work ethic. The Patriots selected Edelman in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Edelman worked really hard to make the top and he became a Super Bowl MVP and three-time Super Bowl champion.

Edelman is unique and Meyers knows it. However, he insists of using some parts of Edelman’s game into his own.

“There’s only one Julian Edelman,” Meyers said. “I’m not going to be able to say that I do exactly what he does, but I have tried to take little route cues and little things that he just instills in all the younger guys. Just how he works and little details that he puts into the game every day. We just try to pick up on those and use them in our daily lives.”

The player worked really hard to improve his game. There are some things he should improve. In 2019, Meyers was able to catch 26 passes for 359 yards. He spends a lot of time in the gym to fix his shape.

“Last year, I definitely used as a base line just how I want to move forward. I just feel like I need to be an overall better receiver,” he said. “There’s nothing specific I can say that I just worked on because I would be telling the defense what to look for. I tried to get better mentally, my footwork. I went and worked with different trainers. We had a long time to lift and rest.”