The New England Patriots were expected to use DeMario Douglas as a playmaker this season. That’s not at all what he’s been, though.
The second-year wide receiver was not even targeted in Sunday’s overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks, and he has only two grabs for 12 yards in two games. Douglas had not seen a ball coming his way, so he was definitely bent out of shape.
On NESN’s “Boston Has Entered The Chat” podcast, Ountae Campbell and Laura Stickells talked about the lack of output from all of New England’s wideouts. Campbell thinks it’s a poor omen that so much was expected of Douglas in the first place.
“When people are on Twitter talking about, ‘Oh, Pop Douglas, who is a sixth-round, 210 pick in the NFL draft is upset and not taking media availability because he didn’t get any targets,’ that’s a problem,” Campbell stated. At the start of the season, the Patriots are depending on a sixth-round pick who is rated between five and ten, considering that he is just in his second year in the NFL. There is an issue with that.
With Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe as his quarterbacks in his first season, Douglas amassed 49 receptions for 561 yards, which led many to believe he was ready for a breakout campaign. Douglas hasn’t even really gotten off to a good start yet, but he still has plenty of opportunity to improve, starting on Thursday night when the Patriots play the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium.
Tom Brady Discloses His Knowledge of Former Coach Bill Belichick’s Multiple Media Positions
Near the end of their tenure with the New England Patriots, there were rumors that Tom Brady and Bill Belichick had a tense relationship. It is likely that this tension only increased after Brady left and won, and Belichick stayed and lost (first games, then eventually his job to a former player in Jerod Mayo).
Ironically, neither man plays in the NFL right now, but they both make a lot of money commentating on it as members of the media. While Belichick seems to have a dozen distinct gigs across every media known to football fans, Brady is in the first year of a 10-year deal with Fox as a color commentator on the network’s top broadcast team.
On Monday, September 16, the two met on one of those platforms, which also happens to be a crossover. Brady made an appearance as a guest on his previous show, the “Let’s Go” podcast, which Jim Gray and Belichick currently host.
In that appearance, Brady, the newest and most well-known figure in the sports media, spoke up on how well he thinks his former coach is doing.
In my opinion, the coach has performed remarkably well in his tasks and is incredibly perceptive. With all of his years of experience, I doubt there is a better person involved to get the audience to actually pay attention to how games are called.
He has a wealth of knowledge about the game’s past, and after 20 years of watching it sit in those team meeting rooms, I’ve learned a lot. And I adore the fact that he is now being listened to by so many people who spend many days of the week sitting around, [and he] teaches people the true meaning of football.
In their precise 20 years together in New England, Brady and Belichick appeared in nine Super Bowls and won six championships.
