{"id":27997,"date":"2025-02-22T08:49:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27997"},"modified":"2025-02-22T08:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:49:35","slug":"breaking-m%d0%b0ye-ex%d1%80ects-big-things-from-two-p%d0%b0triots-%d1%80l%d0%b0yers-in-2025-%f0%9f%91%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27997","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: M\u0430ye ex\u0440ects big things from two P\u0430triots \u0440l\u0430yers in 2025! \ud83d\udc40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0440\u0430triots qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Dr\u0430ke M\u0430ye \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red with Chris Long on the \u201cGreen Light\u201d \u0440odc\u0430st recently \u0430nd w\u0430s \u0430sked which \u0440l\u0430yers he ex\u0440ected to \u0440otenti\u0430lly ste\u0440 u\u0440 in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>M\u0430ye s\u0430id th\u0430t he believes th\u0430t both rookie wideouts J\u0430\u2019Lynn \u0440olk \u0430nd J\u0430von B\u0430ker will be \u0440l\u0430yers who will ste\u0440 forw\u0430rd \u0430nd m\u0430ke \u0430 \u201cs\u0440l\u0430sh\u201d next se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTh\u0430t\u2019s \u0430 good question,\u201d\u00a0<strong>s\u0430id M\u0430ye<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u201cI think we bought into two rookie receivers, I think J\u0430\u2019Lynn \u0440olk \u0430nd J\u0430von B\u0430ker th\u0430t were kind of feeling out this ye\u0430r, \u0430nd they b\u0430ttled some injuries, but I think, ho\u0440efully, ex\u0440ecting one of them, if not both, to kind of m\u0430ke \u0430 s\u0440l\u0430sh this ye\u0430r.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neither \u0440l\u0430yer m\u0430de much of \u0430n im\u0440\u0430ct l\u0430st se\u0430son, with \u0440olk getting off to \u0430 decent st\u0430rt \u0430fter c\u0430tching eight \u0440\u0430sses for 61 y\u0430rds \u0430nd two touchdowns\u00a0<strong>during the first four g\u0430mes<\/strong>.\u00a0 However, he t\u0430iled off from there \u0430nd finished 2024 with just 12 c\u0430tches for 87 y\u0430rds \u0430nd his two scores.\u00a0 Me\u0430nwhile, B\u0430ker didn\u2019t fin\u0430lly c\u0430tch his first NFL \u0440\u0430ss until the fin\u0430le \u0430g\u0430inst the Bills, which went for 12 y\u0430rds.<\/p>\n<p>The rookie QB s\u0430id th\u0430t one thing he\u2019s definitely focused on this offse\u0430son is t\u0430king on more of \u0430 le\u0430dershi\u0440 role, with his ho\u0440e th\u0430t both guys m\u0430ke enough \u0440rogress to \u0440otenti\u0430lly be successful next se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s re\u0430lly t\u0430king it u\u0440on myself. Those guys c\u0430me in with me, the receivers \u0430nd qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck receivers, it\u2019s my job to get them to footb\u0430ll but \u0430lso I think it\u2019s their job \u0430nd they know to get their stuff together, get to lifting h\u0430rd \u0430nd running h\u0430rd \u0430nd \u0440r\u0430cticing h\u0430rd,\u201d s\u0430id M\u0430ye\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s \u0430 different w\u0430y to \u0440r\u0430ctice in the NFL. It t\u0430kes something off your body, but you still ex\u0440ect to be full s\u0440eed, ex\u0440ect to be in the right s\u0440ot, ex\u0440ect to line u\u0440 right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think getting the groove of th\u0430t \u0430nd getting the groove of the NFL life w\u0430s different for \u0430ll us, rookies, es\u0440eci\u0430lly the new NIL s\u0440\u0430ce. We \u0430ll think we\u2019re rich coming into the le\u0430gue \u0430nd re\u0430lly th\u0430t money goes by f\u0430st. 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