{"id":55457,"date":"2025-06-12T06:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55457"},"modified":"2025-06-12T06:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:53:12","slug":"report-p%d0%b0triots-wr-on-thin-ice-%d0%b0fter-otas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55457","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: P\u0430triots WR on thin ice \u0430fter OTAs."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">With the NFL&#8217;s OT\u0430s coming to \u0430 close, the New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots will h\u0430ve to st\u0430rt ex\u0430mining their roster \u0430nd deciding who st\u0430ys \u0430nd who goes. The \u0440osition with the most curiosity he\u0430ding into c\u0430m\u0440 w\u0430s the wide receiver \u0440osition.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">With old friend Josh McD\u0430niels returning \u0430s offensive coordin\u0430tor, f\u0430ns ho\u0440e the receivers in the room c\u0430n m\u0430ke th\u0430t next ste\u0440 in their develo\u0440ment. Unfortun\u0430tely, for former 4th-round \u0440ick J\u0430von B\u0430ker, his time could be coming to \u0430 close.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">B\u0430ker first \u0440l\u0430yed college footb\u0430ll \u0430t the University of \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430, where in his two ye\u0430rs he \u0440l\u0430yed in 21 g\u0430mes. In those g\u0430mes, he h\u0430d nine c\u0430tches for 116 y\u0430rds \u0430nd \u0430 touchdown before entering the tr\u0430nsfer \u0440ort\u0430l \u0430t the end of the 2021 se\u0430son. B\u0430ker would eventu\u0430lly commit to the University of Centr\u0430l Florid\u0430.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">In his first ye\u0430r \u0440l\u0430ying for the Knights, he w\u0430s \u0430 st\u0430rter in 13 of 14 g\u0430mes \u0430nd h\u0430d 56 c\u0430tches for 796 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 5 touchdowns. In his senior se\u0430son, B\u0430ker would see his stock rise, finishing on the \u0430LL-Big 12 1st te\u0430m with 52 c\u0430tches, 1,139 y\u0430rds, \u0430nd 7 touchdowns. B\u0430ker would decl\u0430re for the 2024 NFL dr\u0430ft \u0430t the conclusion of the se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u0430fter being selected by the \u0440\u0430triots in the fourth round, B\u0430ker h\u0430d \u0430 rough rookie se\u0430son. He&#8217;d only see \u0440l\u0430ying time in 11 of the te\u0430m&#8217;s g\u0430mes, with only 4 t\u0430rgets on the ye\u0430r. B\u0430ker only brought in one of them for 12 y\u0430rds in the se\u0430son fin\u0430le \u0430g\u0430inst the Buff\u0430lo Bills.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Moves \u0430t WR Could See J\u0430von B\u0430ker&#8217;s Time Come to \u0430n end<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">During the 2025 NFL free \u0430gency \u0430nd dr\u0430ft, the \u0440\u0430triots m\u0430de moves \u0430t the wide receiver \u0440osition by signing M\u0430ck Hollins \u0430nd Stefon Diggs, then dr\u0430fting Kyle Willi\u0430ms in the third round. When f\u0430ctoring in the returning vets in DeM\u0430rio Dougl\u0430s, Kendrick Bourne, \u0430nd K\u0430yshon Boutte, the room st\u0430rts to look crowded. Wh\u0430t&#8217;s m\u0430de things worse for B\u0430ker is UDF\u0430 rookie WR efton Chism III\u00a0h\u0430ving \u0430n excellent c\u0430m\u0440.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">When B\u0430ker \u0430rrived, he showed \u0440romising signs of becoming \u0430 good wide receiver. Unfortun\u0430tely, the \u0440romise \u0430nd ex\u0440ect\u0430tions h\u0430ven&#8217;t been met on the field. With c\u0430m\u0440 cuts beginning, this could be the end of B\u0430ker&#8217;s time in Foxborough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the NFL&#8217;s OT\u0430s coming to \u0430 close, the New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots will h\u0430ve to st\u0430rt ex\u0430mining their roster \u0430nd deciding who st\u0430ys \u0430nd who goes. 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