Report: Polarizing Patriots WR Has a New, Understated Role

A certain and very important Patriots WR has a new and understated role. The Patriots have been very impressive in the last few weeks of the NFL season. In fact, for the past 5 weeks, they are undefeated and have been impressive in all of their games. Mac Jones is leading the Patriot offense very nicely, especially considering he is a rookie. Now, the defense is also holding its weight. But one Patriot wide receiver has a very important role going forward for the team.

The Patriots picked up N’Keal Harry in the first round of the NFL Draft back in 2019. He has recently been becoming a huge weapon for the blocking game. It has been impressive to see how he has been able to help the offense as a blocker.

ESPN’s Mike Reiss gave his look on the Patriots’ Week 10 beatdown of the Cleveland Browns. Reiss gave credit to Harry’s ability to neutralize the Browns’ defender Myles Garrett as an edge rusher.

Report: Polarizing Patriots WR Has a New, Understated Role

Take a look at point number 4.

Even in the Patriots game against the Falcons, in which there was not a dominant defender, Harry was still able to make his presence known as a blocker. This has become a big part of the Patriot’s offense and likely will continue to be as the coaches find more ways to use him.

Bill Belichick has also talked about te chemistry this team has compared to others he has coached.

“The relationship with the players is always a very special one. It’s not something, as a coach, that you can orchestrate. I think it just has to happen. Hopefully, you put players together that will be able to form those kinds of relationships, trust, camaraderie, and all those things, but it’s not anything you can legislate. It just kind of has to happen. I’m glad it’s happening, and I’m glad they do have that feeling because I do think there’s a chemistry that goes with communication, anticipation, knowing what the other guy’s doing and him knowing what you’re doing and being able to play aggressively with all that.”