Patriots’ Bill Belichick says Brandon LaFell can carve out ‘big’ role
By Mike Dyce
One of the biggest problems for the New England Patriots last season was receiving targets for quarterback Tom Brady. Int he offseason they went out and acquired Carolina Panthers’ 6-foot-3 receiver Brandon LaFell.
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LaFell has already received the praise of Brady, and now head coach Bill Belichick is praising the receiver.
“Whatever we’ve asked him to do, he’s done it and done it well. He’s gotten better at it. I think he’ll be able to carve out a role for himself here. It might be a big one,” Belichick added, via ESPN Boston. “I don’t know, we’ll see.”
Belichick didn’t stop there, praising his diligence and effort.
“He’s been very diligent in trying to learn his assignments, learn the plays,” Belichick said. “He’s a tough kid. He’s played for us in the kicking game, he’s given us some plays there, which at that position it’s always good to get those [plays] out of those receivers. Those are kind of like bonus plays. I think he’s been very competitive. Obviously he’s a big target. Again, he’s gotten better at the routes that we’ve run. I thought the deep out route that he ran in the game was good. He created a lot of separation on that. He’s got a good skill set; a little different than some of our other guys, but good and he’s tough.”